Bechlejovice (Valicek collection) (Oligocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.8° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 10.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Age according to Prokop (2003)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; diatomite

• North Bohemian rift basin (Prokop, 2003).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2003. New fossil Aculeata from the Oligocene of the České Středohoří Mts. and the Lower Miocene of the Most Basin in northern Czech Republic (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Vespidae). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B, Natural History 59:163-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155296: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.04.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Polistinae indet.
Polistinae indet. Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 wasp
BE001