Radoboj (Freyerschen Collection) (Miocene of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (46.2° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Likely early Sarmatian (MN7) in age, based on foraminifera (Bajraktarevic, 1984) and siliceous microfossils (Galovic, 2003) from localities in the vicinity of Krapina.

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• The deposits of Radoboj are marine deposits accumulated in a shallow epicontinental sea, possibly in a lagoon. In addition to insects, marine fish and algae have been found in Radoboj. The formation of the Pannonian Basin System commenced in the Early and the Middle Miocene as the consequence of the continental collision of the African (=Apulian) and European plates, and deposition in the entire basin was influenced by important extensional tectonics.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1853. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Dritte Theil: Rhynchoten 1-138 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122873: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Acrididae
Oedipoda melanosticta
Oedipoda melanosticta Charpentier 1843 spur-throated grasshopper
Occurs with Phloeocoris monstrosus
 Hemiptera - Cicadellidae
Bythoscopus melanoneurus n. sp., Tettigonia antiqua n. sp.
Bythoscopus melanoneurus n. sp. Heer 1853 leafhopper
Tettigonia antiqua n. sp. Heer 1853 leafhopper
 Hemiptera - Cercopidae
Cercopis lanceolata n. sp., "Cercopis pallida n. sp." = Cercopis oswaldheeri
Cercopis lanceolata n. sp. Heer 1853 froghopper
"Cercopis pallida n. sp." = Cercopis oswaldheeri Dmitriev 2020 froghopper
 Hemiptera - Coreidae
Spartocerus insignis n. sp.
Spartocerus insignis n. sp. Heer 1853 leaf-footed bug
 Hemiptera - Phloeidae
"Phloeocoris monstrosus n. sp." = Palaeophloea monstrosa
"Phloeocoris monstrosus n. sp." = Palaeophloea monstrosa Heer 1853 true bug
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Neurocoris rotundatus
Neurocoris rotundatus Heer 1853 stink bug
 Hemiptera - Cydnidae
Cydnopsis scutellaris n. sp.
Cydnopsis scutellaris n. sp. Heer 1853 burrowing bug