Ruprechtice, Liberecky kraj (Permian of Czech Republic)

Also known as Ruppersdorf

Where: Czech Republic (50.8° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 22.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Broumov Formation, Autunian (298.9 - 283.5 Ma)

• The Broumov Formation (after the town of Broumov) is Upper Autunian in age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red mudstone and carbonate

• The Broumov Formation is formed of red mudstones and grey and variegated pelitic rocks with carbonates and cherts. - Falke (1972)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180780: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 02.08.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
"Sclerocephalus credneri n. sp." = Sclerocephalus credneri2, "Lusor tenellus n. gen. n. sp." = Sclerocephalus credneri3, Cheliderpeton vranyi2
"Sclerocephalus credneri n. sp." = Sclerocephalus credneri2 Fritsch 1901 tetrapod
NMP-M 632 (Holotype: anterior portion of skeleton)
"Lusor tenellus n. gen. n. sp." = Sclerocephalus credneri3 Fritsch 1901 tetrapod
CGH 589 (holotype), skull
Cheliderpeton vranyi2 Fritsch 1877 tetrapod
NMP material
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Onchiodon credneri n. sp. Fritsch 1901 tetrapod
NMP-M 1387 (skull and anterior region of trunk)
Osteichthyes
 Seymouriamorpha - Karpinskiosauridae
"Discosauriscus pulcherrimus n. sp." = Discosauriscus austriacus1, "Melanerpeton pulcherrimum n. sp." = Discosauriscus austriacus3
"Discosauriscus pulcherrimus n. sp." = Discosauriscus austriacus1 Makowsky 1876 tetrapod
M 437 (holotype), partial skeleton; formerly CGH 3478; housed in National Museum, Prague
"Melanerpeton pulcherrimum n. sp." = Discosauriscus austriacus3 Makowsky 1876 tetrapod
CGH 3478 (holotype), small well preserved skeleton