Survey of echinoderms and a new ophiocistioid Branzoviella talpa gen. et sp. n. (Echinodermata, Ophiocistioidea) in the Lower Devonian, Lochkov Formation of the Barrandian area, Czech Republic

 

Authors: Prokop RJ, Petr V

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 77, issue 3; pages: 237 - 240; Received 14 November 2001; Accepted in revised form 13 March 2002;

Keywords: Echinodermata, Ophiocistioidea, Lower Devonian, Lochkovian, Barrandian area, Czech Republic,

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Abstract

An updated list of echinoderm groups and species, which have been described, verified or newly ascertained from the Lochkovian, Lochkov Formation (Lower Devonian of the Barrandian area), is presented for the first time. The list is arranged in the form of a table with a brief introduction about the character of the echinoderm assemblages and their palaeoecology in both facies of the Lochkovian, i.e. the Radotín Limestone and Kotýs Limestone. In the systematic part, a new type of ophiocistioid goniodonts discovered in the Kotýs Limestone is described and a new taxon, Branzoviella talpa gen. et sp. n. (Ophiocistioidea, Echinodermata), is set for it.