Kelč-zámek locality (Oligocene of Czech Republic)

Also known as Kelc chateau

Where: Moravia, Czech Republic (49.5° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 14.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP23 nannofossil zone, Dynów Member (Menilite Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Middle Oligocene, near Rupelian-Chattian boundary.

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, gray, yellow claystone

• Fish finds indicate a epipelagic to Mesopelagic environment. One genus is a classic example of a neritic paleoenviroment
• yellow-grey fine sandy claystones with calcareous admixture and marked lamination

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Kalabis

• Repository: formerly at Moravian Museum in Brno, but now lost.

Primary reference: P. Štys and P. Říha. 1975. Two new genera and species of fossil Alydidae from the Tertiary of central Europe (Heteroptera). Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Biologica 1973:185-197 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159705: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.08.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Hemiptera - Alydidae
Sulcalydus kalabisi
Sulcalydus kalabisi Štys and Říha 1975 broad-headed bug
Actinopteri
 Alepocephaliformes - Platytroctidae
Vachalia moraviensis n. gen. n. sp.
Vachalia moraviensis n. gen. n. sp. Přikryl and Carnevale 2020