Olivetin, Broumov City, Boheme (Permian of Czech Republic)

Also known as Olivětín, Oelberg bei Branau

Where: Boheme, Czech Republic (50.6° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 27.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rotliegendes (283.5 - 259.5 Ma)

• Lower Permian (i.e., Rotliegendes: JA)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Geologic-paleontological department of the National-Museum, Prag

Primary reference: J. Augusta. 1938. Prispevek k poznani ontogenetickeho vyvoje stegocephala Branchiosaurus umbrosus Fr. ze spodnopermskych vapencu z Olivetina u Broumova v Cechach.; (Contribution to the knowledge of the ontgenetic development of the stegocephalian Branchiosaurus umbrosus Fr. from the Lower Permian limestone of Olevetin, close to Broumov, Boheme). Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Methematicko-Prirodovedecka; (Soc. Roy. Sci. Boheme, Mem.) 8:1-9 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58139: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 24.01.2006, edited by Emma Dunne and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
"Branchiosaurus umbrosus" = Apateon umbrosus, Melanerpeton pusillum n. sp.2
"Branchiosaurus umbrosus" = Apateon umbrosus Fritsch 1879 tetrapod
NMP 360 (Fritsch Orig 151) (Holotype: complete skeleton)
Melanerpeton pusillum n. sp.2 Fritsch 1878 tetrapod
NMP 433 (Fritsch Orig. 103) (Lectotype: complete skeleton)
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Onchiodon credneri2 Fritsch 1901 tetrapod
NMP-M 53 (well-preserved skull, 11cm long. "Chelyderpeton vranyi" of Fritsch 1885b, pl. 57, fig. 1)
 Temnospondyli -
Cheliderpeton vranyi n. gen. n. sp.1
Cheliderpeton vranyi n. gen. n. sp.1 Fritsch 1877 tetrapod
NMP M351 (Holotype: skull and pectoral region in counterpart)
 Temnospondyli - Actinodontidae
Chelydosaurus vranii n. sp.3 Fritsch 1889 tetrapod
CGH Orig. 350, specimen 5 (lectotype), skull, shoulder-girdle, ribs, scales; CGH Orig. 356, specimen 12
Osteichthyes
 Seymouriamorpha - Karpinskiosauridae
"Melanerpeton pulcherrimum" = Discosauriscus austriacus
"Melanerpeton pulcherrimum" = Discosauriscus austriacus Makowsky 1876 tetrapod