Stará hora
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town):
Bruntál
Village:
Heřmanovice
Cadastre:
Heřmanovice
Map sheets:
14-24 Bělá pod Pradědem, 14-242 Bělá pod Pradědem
ID:
835
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Talus formed of quartzite boulders. Stratigraphically important locality of the fossiliferous Lower Devonian in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts. Typical shallow water accumulation of remains of brachiopods and bivalves. Also common ichnofossils of Arenicolites type.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian
Subject:
paleontology, petrology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
Genesis:
Rock:
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Chlupáč, I. (1975): Nové nálezy fauny v metamorfovaném devonu Hrubého Jeseníku a jejich význam. - Čas. Mineral. Geol., 20, 259-271. Praha. Chlupáč, I. (1989): Fossil communities in the metamorphic Lower Devonian of the Hrubý Jeseník Mts., Czechoslovakia. - N. Jb. Geol. Palaont., Abh., 177, 3, 367-392. Špinar, Z. - Mrázek, A. (1950): Předběžná zpráva o paleontologickém výzkumu vrbenských křemenců. - Věst. Stát. Geol. úst., 25, 211-214. Praha. Wilschowitz, J. (1931): Erste Bericht über eine neue Fundstatte unterdevonischen Fossilien im Ost-Ulrich (Altvatergebirge). - Mitt. naturw. Ver. Troppau, 23, 1-16. Troppau. Wilschowitz, J. (1932): Die Unterdevonfauna vom Alten Berg und Hofehau im Ost-Urlich (Altvatergebirge). - Mitt. naturw. Ver. Troppau, 24/25, 7-44. Troppau. Fediuková, E., Aichler, J. a kol. (2004): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000 14-242 Bělá pod Pradědem
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 29.06.1993
Updated by:
Aichler Jaroslav, 28.11.2006
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 835 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/835.
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Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
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