Stradonitz (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.3° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 20.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• 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.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. Andrée. 1864. Die Versteinerungen der Steinkohlenformation von Stradonitz in Böhmen. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie 1864:160-176 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122570: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Lithomanteidae
"Acridites priscus n. sp." = Catadyesthus priscus, "Gryllacris bohemica n. sp." = Lithomantis bohemica
"Acridites priscus n. sp." = Catadyesthus priscus Andrée 1864 winged insect
Koniglichen mineralogischen Museums in Dresden
"Gryllacris bohemica n. sp." = Lithomantis bohemica Novak 1880 winged insect