PBDB Collection

Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection): Moscovian, Czech Republic

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Arachnida

	Dinopilio gigas n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1904	Fritsch 1904	1 specimen
	CGH Me 56; Acquired by Kusta, listed as gen. indet. by him on p. 207
Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida

	Eotarbus litoralis n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	1 specimen
	Lost by the 20th century
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Anthracoscorpionidae

	Anthracoscorpio juvenis n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	1 specimen
	CGH M 329
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eobuthidae

	Cyclophthalmus senior Corda 1835		1 specimen
	CGH M 313
	= Eobuthus rakovnicensis n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1904	Fritsch 1904
Arachnida - Thelyphonida

	Thelyphonus bohemicus n. sp. Kušta 1886	Kušta 1886	3 specimens
	CGH Me 67, 68, 69

	Geralinura crassa n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	1 specimen

	Geralinura scudderi n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	1 specimen
	CGH Me 136

	Geralinura noctua n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	2 specimens
	CGH Me 105
Arachnida - Araneae

	Eolycosa lorenzi n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1886	Kušta 1886	1 specimen
	CGH Me 75

	Scudderia carbonaria n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	2 specimens
	CGH Me 63 (in Kusta, 1889), 65 (in Fritsch, 1904)
Arachnida - Araneae - Arthromygalidae

	Geralycosa fritschi n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	1 specimen
	CGH Me 64

	Arthrolycosa beecheri n. sp. Fritsch 1904	Fritsch 1904	1 specimen
	CGH Me 59; Acquired by Kusta, but not described by him

	Arthrolycosa fortis n. sp. Fritsch 1904	Fritsch 1904	1 specimen
	CGH Me 60; Acquired by Kusta, but not described by him
Arachnida

	Rakovnicia antiqua n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1885		1 specimen
	CGH Me 73
Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Eophrynidae

	Anthracomartus krejcii n. sp. Kušta 1884	Kušta 1884	1 specimen
	CGH Me 66

	Anthracomartus affinis n. sp. Kušta 1885		1 specimen
	CGH Me 71
Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae

	Anthracomartus minor n. sp. Kušta 1885		2 specimens
	CGH Me 72(74)

	Anthracomartus socius n. sp. Kušta 1889	Kušta 1889	1 specimen
	Type unknown, presumably lost
Insecta

	Dytiscomorphus larvalis n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1907	Fritsch 1907	1 specimen
	CGH U6

	Anthracocorides platipes n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1905	Fritsch 1905	2 specimens
	CGH U71a(b), 70

	Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758	Handlirsch 1906	1 specimen
	"Insektenflugel"
	= Kustia bohemica n. gen., n. sp. Handlirsch 1919	Handlirsch 1919
Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera

	Bojoptera colorata n. gen., n. sp. Kukalová 1958	Kukalová 1958	1 specimen
	(2 measurements)
Myriapoda

	Eojulus fragilis n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1886	Kušta 1886	1 specimen
Clitellata - Haplotaxida - Naididae

	Pronaidites carbonarius n. gen., n. sp. Kušta 1888	Kušta 1888	1 specimen
	CGH Me 102

	Pronaidites arenivorus n. sp. Fritsch 1907	Fritsch 1907	1 specimen
	CGH U78
see common names

Geography

Country:	Czech Republic	State/province:	Central Bohemian
Coordinates:	50.1° North, 13.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	1.0° South, 18.9° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Carboniferous	Epoch:	Pennsylvanian
Stage:	Moscovian	10 m.y. bin:	Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:	Moscovian
Age range of interval:	315.2 - 307 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Kladno	Member:	Radnice
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Mittleres Obercarbon; Radnitzer Schichten. Constrained to early Moscovian by radiometric dating in Opluštil et al. (2016).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	"shale"
Secondary lithology:	coal
Environment:	terrestrial indet.	Tectonic setting:	rift
Geology comments: Central-West Bohemian basin; extensional basin developed within Variscan zone along simple asymmetric mega-graben formed on the Central Bohemian and Litomerice fault zones, with some contribution from transtensional wrench faults.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	mold/impression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: National Museum, Prague (CGH)

Metadata

Database number:	126152
Authorizer:	M. Clapham	Enterer:	J. Karr, L. Edwards, M. Clapham
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2012-03-31 02:05:38	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2012-03-31 02:05:38
Creative Commons license:	CC0

Reference information

Primary reference:

47346.

J. Kušta. 1885. Neue Arachniden aus der Steinkoklenformation von Rakonitz. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1884:398-401 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

47350		A. Fritsch. 1904. Palaeozoische Arachniden 1-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49715		A. Fritsch. 1905. Vorläufige Notiz über Miscellanea paleontológica aus Böhmen und America. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich-Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 1905(21):1-3 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49714		A. Fritsch. 1907. Miscellanea Palaeontologica I. Palaeozoica 1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35209		A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48902		A. Handlirsch. 1919. Revision der Paläozoischen Insekten. Denkschriften der Akademie Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 96:511-592 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41711		J. Kukalová. 1958. On Czechoslovakian Spilapteridae, Handlirsch (Insecta-Palaeodictyoptera). Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geologica (3)231-240 [M. Clapham/L. Edwards/M. Clapham]
55983		J. Kušta. 1884. Anthracomartus krejcii, eine neue Arachnide aus dem böhmischen Carbon. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1883:340-345 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49602		J. Kušta. 1886. Thelyphonus bohemicus n. sp., ein fossiler Geisselscorpion aus der Steinkohlenformation von Rakonitz. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1885:186-191 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47348		J. Kušta. 1886. Neue fossile Arthropoden aus dem Noeggerathienschiefer von Rakonitz. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1885:592-597 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50659		J. Kušta. 1888. Příspěvek k seznání zvířeny kamenouhelné u Rakovníka. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1887:561-564 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47347		J. Kušta. 1889. O nových arachnidech z karbonu Rakovnického. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1888:194-208 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
50657		S. Štamberg and J. Zajíc. 2008. Carboniferous and Permian Faunas and their Occurrence in the Limnic Basins of the Czech Republic 1-224 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]