Orthocerový lůmek
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Radotín, Lochkov
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
242
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops of the middle and upper parts of the Kopanina Formation (Silurian, Ludlow). Renown Orthoceras quarry with bioclastic limestones with numerous orthoceras shells. Old paleontological locality. The locality is classified as Nature Monument and is situated in Geopark Joachim Barrande (candidate).
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, geology, sedimentology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, bed, fault
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 633 (Orthocerový lůmek)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
collection, ground instability, vegetation
References
- Kříž, J. (1992): Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. 111 p., National Museum of Wales, Geol. Ser. 13. Cardiff.
- Kříž, J. a Schmittová, L. (1963): Stratigrafické a paleontologické poměry Ortocérového lůmku u Lochkova. - Čas. Nár. Muz., odd. přír., 132, 39-44. Praha.
- Paris, F. a Kříž, J. (1984): Nouvelles especes de Chitinozoaires a la limite Ludlow/Přídol en Tchéchoslovaquie. - Rev. Paleobot. Palynol., 43, 155-177. Amsterdam. Kompletní bibliografie viz Kříž (1992).
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Kříž, 11.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 17.09.2009, Kukal Zdeněk, 21.02.2018, Kukal Zdeněk, 01.03.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 242 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/242.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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