Vrchlabí locality (Permian of Czech Republic)

Where: Krkonose, Czech Republic (50.6° N, 15.6° E: paleocoordinates 5.7° N, 23.2° E)

When: Rudnik Member (Vrchlabí Formation), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: S. Opluštil, Z. Šimůnek, J. Zajíc and V. Mencl. 2013. Climatic and biotic changes around the Carboniferous/Permian boundary recorded in the continental basins of the Czech Republic. International Journal of Coal Geology 119:114-151 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232614: authorized by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, entered by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland on 07.12.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cyclogranisporites
  -
Neuropteridae
  - Neuropteridae
Triquitrites
  -
Vittatina
  -
Vestigisporites
  -
Vestigisporites sp. Balme and Hennelly
Thymospora
  -
Thymospora sp. Wilson and Venkatachala
Sphenopsida
  -
Acanthotriletes
  -
Acanthotriletes sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Walchia
  -
Ginkgoopsida
 Callistophytales -
Dicranophyllum
  -
 Radiatopses - Medullosaceae
Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
 Trichopityales - Trichopityaceae
Endosporites
  -
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941
Illinites
  -
Kosankeisporites
  -
Densosporites
  -
Densosporites sp. Berry 1937
Calamites
  -
Knoxisporites
  -
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Camptotriletes
  -
Spinosporites
  -
 Coenopteridales - Zygopteridaceae
Pteridopsida
  -
Granulatisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Apiculatisporites
  -
"Apiculatisporites sp." = Apiculatisporis
"Apiculatisporites sp." = Apiculatisporis Potonié and Kremp 1956
Polypodiopsida
  -
  - Polypodiaceae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Convolutispora sp. Hoffmeister et al. 1955
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
 Coniferales -
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Striatopodocarpites sp. Sedova 1956 yew
Hamiapollenites
  -
Florinites
  -
Neurocallipteris
  -
Vesicaspora
  -
Chondrichthyes
 Acanthodiformes - Acanthodidae
Acanthodes sp. Agassiz 1833 spiny fish
Acanthodes gracilis Beyrich 1949 spiny fish
 Xenacanthimorpha -
Xenacanthiformes indet. Berg 1955 elasmobranch
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Osteichthyes
 Paramblypteriformes -
Paramblypterus sp. Blot 1966
Paramblypterus reussi Heckel and Kner 1861
Paramblypterus gelberti Goldfuss 1847
"Paramblypterus rohani" = Amblypterus rohani Heckel and Kner 1861
"Paramblypterus caudatus" = Amblypterus rohani Heckel and Kner 1861
 Palaeonisciformes - Igornichthyidae
Igornichthys sp. Heyler 1977
 Palaeonisciformes -
Letovichthys sp. Štamberg 2007
 Dipnoi -
Ctenodus tardus Fritsch 1889 lungfish
Amphibia
 Nectridea - Urocordylidae
"Ptyonius bendai" = Sauropleura scalaris
"Ptyonius bendai" = Sauropleura scalaris Fritsch 1883 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Melanerpeton sp. Fritsch 1878 tetrapod
Branchiosaurus sp. Fritsch 1876 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli -
Archegosaurus dyscriton Steen 1938 tetrapod
cf. Cheliderpeton sp. Fritsch 1877 tetrapod
Osteichthyes
 Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae
Elonichthys sp. Giebel 1848 ray-finned fish
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cyprididae
Carbonita sp. Strand 1928 ostracod
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Palaeoxanthopsidae
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Lioestheriidae
Insecta
  -
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalinidae indet. Frech 1891 clam