Jan Šverma (Julia) mine, Žacléř (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)

Also known as Jan Sverma mine, Zacler

Where: Czech Republic (50.7° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 20.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Žacléř Formation, Westphalian B (316.9 - 314.6 Ma)

• Duckmantian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Intra-Sudetic basin; extensional basin developed within Variscan orogeny. Generally, the overlying deposits of Šverma mine group seams are of fluvial origin.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Stanislav Opluštil

Primary reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2004. A new genus and species of Homoiopteridae from the Upper Carboniferous of the Intra-Sudetic basin, Czech Republic (Insecta: Palaeodictyoptera). European Journal of Entomology 101:583-589 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114330: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Homoiopteridae
Paraostrava stanislavi n. gen. n. sp.
Paraostrava stanislavi n. gen. n. sp. Prokop and Nel 2004 winged insect