Pochlovice (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.1° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 11.0° 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

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontological Institute of Charles University in Prague

Primary reference: J. Kukalová and P. Říha. 1957. Carpocoris hoberlandti sp. n. - eine neue Wanzenart des böhmischen Tertiärs (Heteroptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 31:73-76 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105501: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Miocupes rihai n. gen. n. sp.1
Miocupes rihai n. gen. n. sp.1 Ponomarenko 1973 reticulated beetle
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Agabus lithax n. sp.3
Agabus lithax n. sp.3 Říha 1960 predaceous diving beetle
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Carpocoris hoberlandti n. sp.
Carpocoris hoberlandti n. sp. Kukalová and Říha 1957 stink bug
 Odonata - Libellulidae
? Onychothemis rihai n. sp.2
? Onychothemis rihai n. sp.2 Prokop et al. 2003 common skimmer
1Ponomarenko 1973; 2Prokop et al. 2003; 3Říha 1960