Carpocrinus ornatus (Angelin, 1878)
(photograph taken by Rudolf J. Prokop)

This camerate crinoid, recorded previously from the Silurian of Gotland (Sweden), has been discovered in the tuffites and tuffitic limestones of the Kopanina Formation (Ludlow) in the quarries "Amerika" near Karlstejn (Barrandian area, Czech Republic).


See also the article:

Prokop, R. J. - Petr, V. (1999): Carpocrinus ornatus (Angelin, 1878) (Crinoidea, Camerata) from the Silurian of the Barrandian area (Czech Republic). - Casopis Narodniho muzea, Rada prirodovedna (Journal of the National Museum, Natural History Series), 168(1-4): in press. Praha. whole article
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