Ovčín, Radnice (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)

Also known as Ovcin opencast mine, Radnice

Where: Czech Republic (49.8° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 20.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Radnice Member (Kladno Formation), Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Whetstone Horizon overlying Lower Radnice Coal. Constrained to early Moscovian by radiometric dating in Opluštil et al. (2016).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithified, tuffaceous mudstone

• Deposition in a system of fluvial palaeovalleys. Long-lasting mires developed during periods of increased subsidence rate in areas of reduced clastic input. Central-West Bohemian basin; extensional basin developed within Variscan zone along simple asymmetric mega-graben formed on the Central Bohemian and Litomerice fault zones, with some contribution from transtensional wrench faults.
• Complex of primary volcaniclastics and reworked volcaniclastics mixed with siliciclastic material. Massive, pale yellow to whitish tuff with sand-sized grains at the base, overlain by a laminated tuffite to tuffaceous mudstone up to 10 m thick. Not specified whether insect derives from tuff ("Bělka" layer) or overlying mudstone ("Brousek" or Whetstone).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Our excavations were done in consecutive field seasons, with "Sternberg Excavation 1" (hereafter S1) completed in 2005 and "Sternberg Excavation 2" (hereafter S2) in 2006. A total surface area of 50 m2 of the Whetstone Horizon was exposed in these two excavations.

Primary reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2010. New griffenfly, Bohemiatupus elegans from the Late Carboniferous of western Bohemia in the Czech Republic (Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera: Meganeuridae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:183-188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104948: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Excavation mainly collected plants but they are described in other papers.
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Insecta
 Meganisoptera - Meganeuridae
Bohemiatupus elegans n. gen. n. sp.
Bohemiatupus elegans n. gen. n. sp. Prokop and Nel 2010 griffinfly
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