Kralice-II (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.2° N, 16.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• Age is early Badenian based on planktonic foraminifers, calcareous nannoplankton, mollusks, bryozoans, and this conclusion is supported by co-occurrence of the Early Badenian forms Bolboforma moravica and B. reticulata

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, yellow sandstone

• "an environment deeper than 100 m"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Zagorsek

• Repository: National Museum, Prague

Primary reference: M. A. Bitner, K. Zágoršek, and S. Hladilová. 2013. Deep-water brachiopod assemblage from the Middle Miocene of Kralice nad Oslavou, Moravia, southeastern Czech Republic. Comptes Rendus Palevol 12:81-89 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152285: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 16.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cryptoporidae
Cryptopora lovisati
Cryptopora lovisati Dreger 1911
5 specimens, 7 ventral valves and 6 dorsal valves
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia truncata
Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767
1 ventral valve and fragment of dorsal valve
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Joania cordata, Argyrotheca cuneata
Joania cordata Risso 1826
Argyrotheca cuneata Risso 1826
2 specimens and 2 ventral valves
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Platidia anomioides
Platidia anomioides Scacchi and Philippi 1844
2 specimens, 12 ventral valves and 4 dorsal valves
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776