PBDB Collection

Bilina mine, Bílina (Clayey Superseam horizon) (Miocene of Czechia)

Where: Czechia (50.6° N, 13.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.1° N, 16.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Most Formation, MN 3 (20.0 - 16.9 Ma)

• Eggenburgian/Ottnangian, Early Miocene (Burdigalian), zone MN 3a. Clayey Superseam horizon.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified claystone

• Bilina paleolake was shallow (1-7 m) and swampy (Kvacek et al., 2004). Most Basin is the largest preserved sedimentary basin within the Eger Graben, the easternmost part of the European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Zdeněk Dvořák

• Repository: collection of Bílina Mine in Bílina

Primary reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2000. Merlax bohemicus gen. n., sp. n., a new fossil dragonfly from the Lower Miocene of northern Bohemia (Odonata: Aeshnidae). European Journal of Entomology 97:427-431 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105508: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Odonata - Aeshnidae	Merlax bohemicus n. gen. n. sp. Merlax bohemicus n. gen. n. sp. Prokop and Nel 2000 darner dragonfly
Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae	Gomphaeschna miocenica n. sp.⁵ Gomphaeschna miocenica n. sp.⁵ Prokop and Nel 2002 true dragonfly ZD0184
Plecoptera - Perlidae	Perla cf. burmeisteriana³ Perla cf. burmeisteriana³ Classen 1936 common stonefly ZD0185 (nymph)
Hymenoptera - Vespidae	Polistinae indet.⁶ Polistinae indet.⁶ Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 wasp JP0004, ZD0005
Hymenoptera - Apidae	Apis sp.⁶, Bombus (Cullumanobombus) trophonius n. sp.⁴ Apis sp.⁶ Linnaeus 1758 honey bee ZD0001, 0002, 0112, 0203 Bombus (Cullumanobombus) trophonius n. sp.⁴ Prokop et al. 2017 bumble bee ZD0003
Hymenoptera - Formicidae	Odontomachus paleomyagra n. sp.⁷ Odontomachus paleomyagra n. sp.⁷ Wappler et al. 2014 ant ZD0136
Diptera - Syrphidae	Blera miocenica n. sp.² Blera miocenica n. sp.² Hadrava et al. 2019 hover fly NMP P 2191 (originally JP9703)
Coleoptera - Dytiscidae	Cybister sp.¹, Cybister cf. rotundatus¹ Cybister sp.¹ Curtis 1827 predaceous diving beetle ZD9705, 9706 Cybister cf. rotundatus¹ Říha 1974 predaceous diving beetle ZD0253
Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae	Hydrophilus cf. pistaceus¹ Hydrophilus cf. pistaceus¹ Laporte de Castelnau 1840 water scavenger beetle ZD9708, 9709

¹Fikáček et al. 2008; ²Hadrava et al. 2019; ³Prokop 2002; ⁴Prokop et al. 2017; ⁵Prokop and Nel 2002; ⁶Prokop and Nel 2003; ⁷Wappler et al. 2014