Marie Majerova mine (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.2° N, 12.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 11.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cypris Formation, MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

• Ottangian-Karpatian

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, fine-grained shale

• Cheb/Sokolov basin system. The first significant depositional episode in the Cheb Basin coincides with the deposition of late Oligocene-Miocene clastics in the whole extensional system of the Ohře Graben, controlled by E-W – trending depocenter.
• Fine bedded bitumenous Shales

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. Prokop, G. Fleck, and A. Nel. 2003. New dragonflies from the Lower Miocene (Ottnangian/Karpatian) of the Cypris Shale in western Bohemia (Odonata: Libellulidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2003(9):561-576 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105500: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Prorhyothemis bubiki n. gen. n. sp.
Prorhyothemis bubiki n. gen. n. sp. Prokop et al. 2003 common skimmer
P 1194