Svitávka (Permian of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.5° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 24.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• bituminöse Tonstein-Horizonte von Zbonek und Svitavka, Rotliegendes der Region von Letovice-Boskovice

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified shale and bituminous coal

• The Boskovice graben is an SSW to NNE trending, elongated asymmetrical basin.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: J. Schneider. 1980. Zur Entomofauna des Jungpalaozoikums der Boskovicer Furche (CSSR), Teil I: Mylacridae (Insecta, Blattodea). Freiberger Forschungshefte C 357:43-55 [M. Clapham/A. Delelli/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133681: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 24.09.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Opsiomylacris sp. Haupt 1952 cockroach
FG 284/6
Opsiomylacris svitaviensis n. sp. Schneider 1980 cockroach
FG 284/2,3,4,5,7,8,9
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Phyloblatta "sp B"2 Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
FG 284/54, 69, 71, 133 Counterparts KUP
Phyloblatta "sp C"2 Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
FG 284/125a Counterpart KUP 284/125b
Phyloblatta "sp 4"2 Handlirsch 1906 winged insect
FG 284/32, 38, 43, 103, 142
Phyloblatta flabellata2 Germar 1842 winged insect
FG 284/36, 60, 81, 84, 98, 102, 104, 139, 20, 33, 34, 39, 40; KUP 62, 66, 92, 101, 116, 126, 132
Phyloblatta obliqua2 Schneider 1984 winged insect
FG 284/84, 179
 Dicondylia - Spiloblattinidae
Sysciophlebia alligans1 Schneider 1982 winged insect