TY - JOUR A1 - Chlupac,I. A1 - Kordule,V. T1 - Arthropods of Burgess Shale type from the Middle Cambrian of Bohemia (Czech Republic) JF - Bulletin of Geosciences JA - Bull. Geosci. Y1 - 2002 VL - 77 IS - 3 SP - 167 EP - 182 CY - Prague PB - Czech Geological Survey SN - 1803-1943 (online), 1802-6222 (print) AV - Free KW - Arthropoda KW - Phyllocarida and incertae sedis KW - Middle Cambrian KW - Barrandian area KW - Czech Republic AB - Rare non-trilobite arthropods, mostly with affinities with the Burgess Shale fauna, are described from the Middle Cambrian Jince Formation of the Barrandian area, Central Bohemia (Czech Republic): Tuzoia sp., another large Tuzoia-like arthropod (probably a new genus), Proboscicaris hospes sp. n., Helmetia? fastigata sp. n., and Forfexicaris? sp. The status of Pilocystites primitius Barrande, 1887, formerly ranged with echinoderms but here recognized as a Tuzoia fragment, is discussed. Most of described arthropods (except Forfexicaris? sp.) are thought to be nektobenthic animals of a shallow-water environment, possibly tolerant to some salinity fluctuations. Relationships, particularly to North American faunas, indicate open migration possibilities between Laurentia and peri-Gondwana regions during the Middle Cambrian. ER -