Barbora mine, Karviná, roof of seam 31 (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.8° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 22.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Overlying beds of seam no. 31

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

• Upper Silesian basin; Variscan foreland basin.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by V. Susta

• Repository: Ostrava Town Museum

Primary reference: J. Kukalová. 1959. Breyeria barborae n. sp. (Insecta, Palaeodictyoptera) of Upper Silesian coal basin (Westphalian). Vĕstnik Ústředniho Ústavu Geologického 34:310-313 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161382: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Palaeodictyoptera - Breyeriidae
Breyeria barborae n. sp. Kukalová 1959 winged insect