Where: Czech Republic (49.2° N, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 14.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paleocene to Paleocene (66.0 - 37.7 Ma)
• Site consists of pelagic marine sediments of the Belovez Formation (Paleocene to Eocene) lying beneath the Zlin Formation (Middle to Upper Eocene). However, recently performed analyses of pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy and micropetrography on several Cretaceous and Cenozoic resins from the territory of the Czech Republic revealed rather similar chemical composition between well-known Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) amber from the Nové Strašecí and the Študlov (Havelcová et al. 2014). In addition, the same authors found the corresponding fingerprint in Cenomanian amber from Valchov, which probably indicates similar plant origin. Therefore, some doubts about the source plant and also age of Študlov amber persists.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original chitin, amber
Collection methods: Repository: Charles University, Prague
Primary reference: A. Nel and J. Prokop. 2005. New fossil Scelionidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in early Paleogene amber from eastern Moravia (Czech Republic) and northern France. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 74:339-347 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154314: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.02.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Paraectaetia ruckai n. gen. n. sp.1
Paraectaetia ruckai n. gen. n. sp.1 Nel and Prokop 2004 minute black scavenger fly No. 4, coll. Jakub Prokop
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Microphorites moravicus n. sp.3
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Pararhoptrocera moravica n. gen. n. sp.2, Anevrina huberti n. sp.2, Aenigmatistes studlovensis n. sp.2
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Moravoscelio bednariki n. gen. n. sp.
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