Falkenau (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.2° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 11.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cypris Formation, MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

• Ottangian-Karpatian, Cypris shale

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, fine-grained shale

• Cheb/Sokolov basin system. The first significant depositional episode in the Cheb Basin coincides with the deposition of late Oligocene-Miocene clastics in the whole extensional system of the Ohře Graben, controlled by E-W – trending depocenter.
• Fine bedded bitumenous Shales

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: collection of Dr. J. Knett in Karlsbad

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1907. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts V-VII. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 641-1120 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157202: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Formicidae indet.
Formicidae indet. Latreille 1802 ant
NHMW 1951/9a
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Libellulidae indet., Libellulidae "indet. larvae", Libellula knetti n. sp.
Libellulidae indet. Rambur 1842 common skimmer
NHMW 1979/2120
Libellulidae "indet. larvae" Rambur 1842 common skimmer
"numerous" NHMW 1951/9b,e
Libellula knetti n. sp. Handlirsch 1907 common skimmer