Rakovník (Rakonitz, BMNH collection) (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)
Where: Czech Republic (50.1° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 19.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Radnice Member (Kladno Formation), Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)
• Mittleres Obercarbon; Radnitzer Schichten
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale and coal
• 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
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: A. Fritsch. 1904. Palaeozoische Arachniden 1-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153560: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Paraisobuthus prantli n. gen. n. sp.
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