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Gisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Jahr/Year: 1986 Band/Volume: 129 Autor(en)/Author(s): diverse Artikel/Article: Pridoli: the Fourth Subdivison of the Silurian 291 ©Geol. Bundesanstalt, Wien; download unter www.geologie.ac.at Jb. Geol. B.-A. ISSN 0016-7800 Band 129 Heft 2 S.291-360 Wien, November 1986 Pridoli - the Fourth Subdivison of the Silurian By JIAI KAI!, HERMANN JAEGER, FLORENTIN PARIS & H. P. SCHÖNLAUB*) With contributions by ARIS ANGELIDIS, Ivo CHLUpAC" VLADIMIR HAVLICEK, MIROSLAV KRUTA, ZDENi::K KUKAL, JAROSLAV MAREK, RUDOLF J. PROKOP, MILAN $NAJDR & VOJTi::CH TUREK With 44 figures, 1 table and 6 plates Tschechoslowakei Barrandium (Prager Mulde) Karnische Alpen Silur Stratigraphische Korrelation Ludlow / Pffdolf-Grenze Internationaler Stratotyp Graptolithen Conodonten Chitinizoa Trilobita Echinodermata Bivalvia Brachiopode Contents Zusammenfassung 292 Summary 292 1. Introduction 292 2. History of Stratigraphical Studies 294 3. Facies development of the Pozary Formation in Bohemia (Prague Basin) 294 4. Facies Development of the Ludlow/Pfidolf Boundary in Bohemia (Prague Basin) 296 5. Principal Localities of the Ludlow/Pfidolf Boundary Beds in Bohemia (Prague Basin) 296 5. 1. Pozary Section 296 5.1.1. Microscopic Description of the Boundary Beds Interval 297 5.1.2. Physical Stratigraphy 302 5.1.3. Biostratigraphy 302 5. 2. Mu~lovka Quarry 302 5. 3. Lochkov-Marble Quarry 303 5. 4. Hvizdalka Section 303 5. 5. Lochkov-Cephalopod' Quarry 303 5. 6. Branik Section 306 ~:~:~~~~~~l~~~~t~~;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~g~ 5. 9. Kosov Quarry 311 5.10. Certovy schody 311 6. Significance of Animal and Plant Groups in Delineating the Ludlow/Pfidolf Boundary in the Prague Basin 312 6. 1. Vertebrata 312 6. 2. Graptolithina 312 6.2.1. Occurrence and Preservation 312 6.2.2. Foundation of the Pfidoli 314 6.2.3. General Characterization of Pfidolian Graptolites 314 6.2.4. Graptolite Zonation 315 6.2.5. Regional Distribution 315 6.2.6. Description of Graptolites 315 6.2.7. Coverage 316 6.2.8. Systematic Part 316 6. 3. Conodonts 334 6.3.1. Distribution, Abundance and Preservation 335 6.3.2. Taxonomic Remarks 335 6.3.3. Conodont Zonation 335 6.3.4. Regional Occurrences 337 6.3.5. Conodonts and the Ludlow/Pffdoli Boundary 337 *) Authors' addresses: JIAI KAI2, Geological Survey, P.O. Box 85, Praha 011, 11821 Czechoslovakia; HERMANN JAEGER, Bereich Paläontologisches Museum im Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Invalidenstraße 43, DDR-104 Berlin; FLORENTIN PARIS, Laboratoire de Paleontologie et Stratigraphie, Institut de Geologie, Universite de Rennes, F-35042 Rennes-Cedex, France; HANS PETER SCHÖNLAUB, Geologische Bundesanstalt, Rasumofskygasse 23, A-1031 Wien. 291 ©Geol. Bundesanstalt, Wien; download unter www.geologie.ac.at 6. 4. Chitinozoa 337 6.4.1. First Assemblage 338 6.4.2. Second Assemblage 338 6. 5. Eurypterida 338 6. 6. Phyllocarid Crustaceans 339 6. 7. Ostracoda 339 6. 8. Trilobita 340 6. 9. Echinodermata 340 6.10. Cephalopoda 340 6.11. Gastropoda 341 6.12. Monoplacophora 341 6.13. Bivalvia 341 6.14. Brachiopoda 342 6.15. Other Faunal Groups 342 6.16. Flora 342 7. Conclusions 342 Addendum 343 References 343 Zusammenfassung 1. Introduction Diese Arbeit faBt die Ergebnisse einer internationalen Ar- beitsgruppe zur Definition der Ludlow/Pridoli-Grenze und des The study of the Pffdoli was included into the re- Pridoli (Obersilur) im Typusprofil und in Referenzprofilen der search programme of the Geological Survey of Prager Mulde (Barrandium) in der Tschechoslowakei zusam- men. Nach Ratifizierung durch den 27. Internationalen Geolo- Czechoslovakia immediately after the establishment of genkongreB in Moskau 1984 gilt die hier abgehandelte Grenze the Silurian Devonian international boundary als international verbindlich. stratotype in Bohemia at the Montreal International Im Barrandium ist die Schichtfolge des Pridoli rein marin Geological Congress in 1972. Since 1973 all the availa- ausgebildet. Eine reiche Fossilführung zeichnet die vorherr- ble sections of the Pffdolf in the Prague Basin (Barran- schenden Karbonat- und Schiefergesteine aus. UnbeeinfluBt dian area, Bohemia) were revised and the ten best sec- von spätkaledonischen Bewegungen dauerte die marine Sedi- mentation vom Beginn des Silurs (und schon früher) bis nahe tions through the Ludlow - Pffdoli boundary were dem Ende des Mitteldevons ohne gröBere Lücken an. Auf- selected, measured and prepared for the detailed study grund dieser günstigen Verhältnisse, weiters hervorragender by a working team. Aufschlüsse und einer langen Erforschungsgeschichte ist die In 1975 the study of the Pffdoli was included into the Kenntnis über das Vorkommen verschiedenster biostratigra- Project No. 53, ECOSTRATIGRAPHY,I.G.C.P., as the most phisch wichtiger Fossilgruppen, die Lithologie und die physi- sche Stratigraphie bestens dokumentiert und bekannt. Sämtli- important Bohemian subproject. First results were sub- che verfügbaren Daten werden hier in einer modernen und mitted to the Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy dem letzten Stand wiederspiegelnden Arbeit nach einer gründ- by its working group (H. JAEGER, J. KAlt and H. P. lichen Revision vorgelegt bzw. erstmals mitgeteilt. SCHÖNLAUB) in the form of the progress report (May Die Untergrenze der Pridoli-Stufe wird aufgrund des Vor- 1981 ). kommens von Graptolithen und anderen Gruppen, insbesonde- re von Conodonten und Chitinozoen definiert. Weiters wird die The Pffdoli and its lower limit was evaluated in com- Entwicklung des Obersilurs der Prager Mulde beschrieben, da- prehensive supplementary submission to the Subcom- zu der internationale Stratotyp tür diesen Zeitabschnitt und 9 mission on Silurian Stratigraphy in March 1983. Both wichtige Referenzprofile. Für jedes Profil machen wir detaillier- submissions provided necessary data for the establish- te Angaben über die Schichtfolge und ihre Fossilführung. Von ment of the Pffdoli international stratotype in Bohemia H. JAEGERwerden ausführlich die Graptolithen der Pridoli-Stu- accepted at the 27th. International Geological Congress fe abgehandelt, da sie für die Charakterisierung und Korrela- tion dieses Abschnittes im Silur die wichtigsten Zeitmarken in Moscow in 1984. darstellen. The work was realized in terms of international co- operation of the Geological Survey of Czechoslovakia Summary within the Geologische Bundesanstalt, Vienna, The Ludlow - Pridoli boundary beds in the Prague Basin Laboratoire de Geologie, Universite Rennes, France, (Barrandian area, Bohemia) were studied in great detail to pro- and Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Field investiga- vide all the information necessary for the establishment of the tions of sections, study of bivalves and general biostra- Pffdoli international boundary stratotype which was accepted tigraphy were carried out by J. KFHt (Geological Survey, at the 27th International Geological Congress in Moscow in Prague), conodont sampling and studies were carried 1984. In the Barrandian area the Pffdoli occurs in a purely marine succession in which fossil rich carbonate and shale out by H. P. SCHÖNLAUB (Geologische Bundesanstalt, facies predominate. Unaffected by late Caledonian move- Vienna), graptolites were collected and studied by H. ments, marine sedimentation persisted without substantial JAEGER (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin), chitinozoan break from the beginning of the Silurian to the later part of the sampling and studies were made by F. PARIS (Univer- Middle Devonian. These conditions, in combination with excel- site de Rennes). A. ANGELIDIS (Geofysika n. p., Brno) lent exposures and a long history of investigation made possi- ble a study of biostratigraphy, physical stratigraphy and litholo- studied physical stratigraphy. Lithology was studied by gy. The Pridoli lower boundary is well defined on the basis of Z. KUKAL (Geological Survey, Prague). Important data graptolites and other faunas (especially conodonts and chitino- on other fossil groups were provided by I. CHLUpAC zoans). In this paper a general development of the highest (Geological Survey, Prague) - phyllocarids and other subdivision of the Silurian System in the Prague Basin, its in- non-trilobite arthropods, V. HAVliCEK (Geological Sur- ternational boundary stratotype and nine most important refer- ence sections are described concerning their lithology and fos- vey, Prague) - brachiopods, M. KRUTA (Czechoslovak sil content. A systematic review of the Pffdolian graptolites be- Academy of Sciences, Prague) - ostracods, J. MAREK came a part of this paper since they represent the most impor- (Charles University, Prague) - cephalopods, R. PRO- tant fossil group for the international correlation of the Pffdoli. KOP (National Museum, Prague) - echinoderms, M. 292 ©Geol. 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