Nyrany (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)
Also known as Humboldt Mine, Krimice Mine, Nýřany, Nyrschan, Nürschan
Where: Pilsen, Czech Republic (49.7° N, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 20.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Nýřany Member (Kladno Formation), Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; coal
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: ČGH = Národni Muzeum (National Musuem), Prague, Czech Republic
•MP = Natural History Musuem, Pilzen
•NMW = Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural Histroy Museum, Vienna), Austria
Primary reference: R. L. Carroll and D. Baird. 1972. Carboniferous Stem-Reptiles of the Family Romeriidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 143(5):321-363 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84835: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 14.11.2008, edited by Emma Dunne, Richard Butler, Bethany Allen and Sophie Fasey
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Taxonomic list
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Sceletophorus verrucosus21 Fritsch 1895 | |
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Spinarichthys dispersus21 Fritsch 1895 | |
Pyritocephalus sculptus n. gen. n. sp.20
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Diplovertebron punctatum n. gen. n. sp.8
Diplovertebron punctatum n. gen. n. sp.8 Fritsch 1879 tetrapod CGH Orig 96 (lectotype) pelvis (Fritsch (1889) Plate 52, fig. 2); CGH Orig. 128
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Amniota indet. amniote MB 1901.1379; "without cranial material, not even the order to which this specimen belongs can be established with certainty"
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Sparodus validus n. gen. n. sp.7
Sparodus validus n. gen. n. sp.7 Fritsch 1876 amniote CGH 2084 (Holotype, skull showing palate and lower jaws)
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Brouffia orientalis n. gen. n. sp., Coelostegus prothales n. gen. n. sp., Hylonomus acuminatus n. sp.22
Brouffia orientalis n. gen. n. sp. Carroll and Baird 1972 eureptile ČGH III B.21.C.587; MP 451 (part and counterpart of type); referred to as "Gephyrostegus bohemicus specimen I" by Brough & Brough (1967)
Coelostegus prothales n. gen. n. sp. Carroll and Baird 1972 eureptile ČGH 3027 (type); referred to as "Gephyrostegus bohemicus specimen II" by Brough & Brough (1967)
Hylonomus acuminatus n. sp.22 Fritsch 1883 eureptile CGH unnumbered (holotype), maxilla and lower jaw
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Solenodonsaurus janenschi n. gen. n. sp.3
Solenodonsaurus janenschi n. gen. n. sp.3 Broili 1924 tetrapod MB. Am. 989.1 (holotype); MB. Am. 988; MB. Am. 990.1 (formerly MB. 1901.1380); MB. Am. 991.1 (formerly MB. 1898.1038); UMZC T 693 (formerly DMSW R15). (MB = Museum of Natural History, Berlin. UMZC = University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK)
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Baphetes orientalis n. sp.16 Milner et al. 2009 tetrapod NMP M1338 (GH 3509) (Holotype; small skull). The counterpart was figured by Broili (1908) but was probably destroyed in 1944
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Scincosaurus crassus n. gen. n. sp.7
Scincosaurus crassus n. gen. n. sp.7 Fritsch 1875 tetrapod NMP M 460 (Fritsch/Fric cat. no. 91 (orig.2), Lectotype: imperfect skull and almost complete skeleton in counterpart. Lectotype designated from the syntypic series figured by Fritsch (1881))
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Urocordylus angustatus22, "Urocordylus scalaris n. sp." = Sauropleura scalaris11, "Ptyonius distinctus n. sp." = Sauropleura scalaris22
Urocordylus angustatus22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod St. 60 (Orig. 145) (lectotype), skull [the fronto-parietal featured by Fritsch is probably not associated with this skull]
"Urocordylus scalaris n. sp." = Sauropleura scalaris11 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod NMP M458 (Holotype: (St. Orig. 195.) Electotype of fragmentary disarticulated specimen consisting of remains of skull, shoulder girdle, ventral scales, and dorsal and caudal vertebrae. By original designation)
"Ptyonius distinctus n. sp." = Sauropleura scalaris22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH 3010 (holotype), complete skeleton except part of tail
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Seelya pusilla n. sp.22
Seelya pusilla n. sp.22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH unnumbered (holotype), slab and counterpart of complete skeleton
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"Stelliosaurus longicostatus n. gen. n. sp." = Hyloplesion longicostatum6
"Stelliosaurus longicostatus n. gen. n. sp." = Hyloplesion longicostatum6 Fritsch 1875 tetrapod CGH 15, National Museum of Prague (Type; counterpart blocks of trunk and anterior caudal region). Many nearly complete skeletons of this taxon are known from Nyrany.
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Paramicrobrachis fritschi n. sp.13
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Microbrachis mollis n. sp.22, "Microbrachis pelikani" = Microbrachis pelikani15, "Microbrachis branchiophorus n. sp." = Microbrachis pelikani22
"Microbrachis pelikani" = Microbrachis pelikani15 Fritsch 1875 tetrapod NMW 1894-2332, 1898-X-29, 1898-X-33, 1899-IX-10, 1983-32-50, 1983-32-75, 1983-32-80a-b
"Microbrachis branchiophorus n. sp." = Microbrachis pelikani22 Fritsch 1875 tetrapod CGH 3016, Orig. 53a (holotype), small skull in counterpart
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Ricnodon copei n. gen. n. sp.5 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH 232 (Holotype, fragmentary skull and post cranial material)
Ricnodon trachylepis n. sp.22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH Orig. 95 (holotype), vertebrae, a scapula, a rib, phalanges and two types of scales
Ricnodon dispersus n. sp.22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH Orig. 237 (holotype), scattered skull bones and scales; CGH Orig. 259, skull bones, a scale, a rib and a vertebra
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"Ricnodon limnophyes n. sp." = Crinodon limnophyes22
"Ricnodon limnophyes n. sp." = Crinodon limnophyes22 Steen 1938 tetrapod BM (NH) R.2818 (Holotype; skull preserved as natural cast showing dorsal and palatal surfaces on counterpart blocks. Also: scales, ribs, and element of shoulder girdle.
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Orthocosta microscopa n. sp.22
Orthocosta microscopa n. sp.22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH unnumbered (holotype), hind half of a skeleton
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Capetus palustris n. gen. n. sp.18 Steen 1938 tetrapod BMNH R.4706 (Holotype: posterior skull table)
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Limnerpeton obtusatum n. sp.22, Limnerpeton modestum n. sp.22, "Limnerpeton elegans n. sp." = Limnogyrinus elegans10, Nyranerpeton amilneri n. gen. n. sp.23
Limnerpeton obtusatum n. sp.22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH Orig. 236 (holotype), poorly preserved skeleton
Limnerpeton modestum n. sp.22 Fritsch 1883 tetrapod CGH Orig. 15 (holotype), lower jaw, scale and palatal bone
"Limnerpeton elegans n. sp." = Limnogyrinus elegans10 Fritsch 1881 tetrapod NMP 477, skull table and disarticulated postcranial skeleton. Many additional specimens
Nyranerpeton amilneri n. gen. n. sp.23 Werneburg 2012 tetrapod NHMW-1898/X/21 (Holotype; well preserved skull (7mm) and partial postcranial skeleton. Fritsch (1883), pl. 1, Fig. 2), figured by Carroll et al. (1999) as Branchiosaurus salamandroides)
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Mordex calliprepes n. gen. n. sp.22
Mordex calliprepes n. gen. n. sp.22 Steen 1938 tetrapod R. 2817 (holotype), dorsal surface of a skull
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Platyrhinops fritschi n. sp.19
Platyrhinops fritschi n. sp.19 Werneburg 2012 tetrapod NHMW-1938/32/27b (Holotype: posterior part of skull and postcranial skeleton, including a very large manus and an extensive scapulocoracoid)
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Branchiosaurus salamandroides n. gen. n. sp.7
Branchiosaurus salamandroides n. gen. n. sp.7 Fritsch 1875 tetrapod NMP332/M1167 (Lectotype: complete skeleton designated by Milner (1986)), NMP-M356 (previous lectotype designated by Werneburg (1987))
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Potamochoston limnaios n. gen. n. sp.22 Steen 1938 tetrapod CGH 271 (holotype), skull with postcranial remains
Macromerium bayeri n. sp.22 Fritsch 1875 tetrapod CGH unnumbered (holotype), fragments of vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, skull, scales
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"Cochleosaurus bohemicus n. gen. n. sp." = Cochleosaurus bohemicus12, "Nyrania trachystoma n. sp." = Cochleosaurus bohemicus22, "Gaudrya latistoma n. sp." = Cochleosaurus bohemicus22
"Cochleosaurus bohemicus n. gen. n. sp." = Cochleosaurus bohemicus12 Fritsch 1885 tetrapod NMP M540/M1268 (holotype; part and counterpart of skull)
"Nyrania trachystoma n. sp." = Cochleosaurus bohemicus22 Fritsch 1885 tetrapod CGH Orig. 312, skull; CGH Orig. 386, skull
"Gaudrya latistoma n. sp." = Cochleosaurus bohemicus22 Fritsch 1885 tetrapod CGH unnumbered (holotype), impression of the anterior half of a palate
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Dolichosoma scutiferum n. sp.22, "Dolichosoma longissimum n. sp." = Phlegethontia longissima14, "Phlegethontia longissima" = Phlegethontia longissima1
Dolichosoma scutiferum n. sp.22 Fritsch 1901 tetrapod CGH Orig. 235 (holotype), almost complete skeleton
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"Ophiderpeton granulosum n. sp." = Oestocephalus granulosum9 Fritsch 1880 tetrapod CGH (Orig. 130) (Holotype; mid body region, vertebrae, ribs, and scales)
Oestocephalus amphiuminum2 Cope 1868 tetrapod NMW 1894-2327, NMW 1899.IX.34, UMMP 22277 (galvanotype of NMP M442), UMMP 22274 (galvanotype of NMP M455)
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| Limnerpeton laticeps | |
"Limnerpeton laticeps n. sp." = Mattauschia laticeps19
"Limnerpeton laticeps n. sp." = Mattauschia laticeps19 Fritsch 1881 NMP 470/471 (Fritsch orig. 94; Syntype: skull in ventral aspect and partial postcranial skeleton in part and counterpart. now Lectotype for Mordex laticeps)
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1Anderson 2002; 2Anderson 2003; 3Broili 1924; 4Brough and Brough 1967; 5Carroll and Gaskill 1978; 6Fritsch 1875; 7Fritsch 1876; 8Fritsch 1879; 9Fritsch 1880; 10Fritsch 1881; 11Fritsch 1883; 12Fritsch 1885; 13Kuhn 1959; 14McGinnis 1967; 15Milner 2008; 16Milner et al. 2009; 17Reisz 1975; 18Schoch and Milner 2000; 19Schoch and Milner 2014; 20Štamberg 1991; 21Štamberg and Zajíc 2008; 22Steen 1938; 23Werneburg 2012