Radoboj (Liege University Museum collection) (Miocene of Croatia)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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 class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Liege University Museum

Primary reference: F. C. Fraser. 1951. Two new species of Odonata from the Tertiary of Radoboj. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 20:51-52 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145135: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 28.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Lithemis lejeunecarpentieri n. gen. n. sp., Oligocaemia imperfecta n. gen. n. sp.
Lithemis lejeunecarpentieri n. gen. n. sp. Fraser 1951 common skimmer
Liege University Museum 14726
Oligocaemia imperfecta n. gen. n. sp. Fraser 1951 common skimmer
Liege University Museum 14727