TY - JOUR A1 - Ernst,A. T1 - Petaloporella (Cryptostomata, Bryozoa) from the Lower Devonian of central Bohemia JF - Bulletin of Geosciences JA - Bull. Geosci. Y1 - 2009 VL - 84 IS - 4 SP - 769 EP - 772 CY - Prague PB - Czech Geological Survey SN - 1803-1943 (online), 1802-6222 (print) AV - Free KW - Lower Devonian KW - Bohemia KW - cryptostome Bryozoa KW - taxonomy AB - The bryozoan genus Petaloporella Prantl, 1935 was originally described from the Lower Devonian Branik Limestone (Zlichovian = Lower Emsian) of Branik, the Czech Republic. It belongs to the family Hyphasmoporidae Vine, 1885. The type species Petaloporella bohemica Prantl, 1935 was also recorded from the Lower Devonian (Pragian) of Bohemia and Morocco. The present paper provides an emended diagnosis of the genus and a description of new Petaloporella bohemica material from the Koneprusy Limestone of Zlaty Kun near Koneprusy, the Czech Republic. ER -