Bilina mine, Bílina (Clayey Superseam horizon) (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (50.6° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Most Formation, MN 3 (20.0 - 16.9 Ma)

• Eggenburgian/Ottnangian, Early Miocene (Burdigalian), zone MN 3a. Clayey Superseam horizon.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified claystone

• Bilina paleolake was shallow (1-7 m) and swampy (Kvacek et al., 2004). Most Basin is the largest preserved sedimentary basin within the Eger Graben, the easternmost part of the European Cenozoic Rift System (ECRIS).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Zdeněk Dvořák

• Repository: collection of Bílina Mine in Bílina

Primary reference: J. Prokop and A. Nel. 2000. Merlax bohemicus gen. n., sp. n., a new fossil dragonfly from the Lower Miocene of northern Bohemia (Odonata: Aeshnidae). European Journal of Entomology 97:427-431 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105508: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 21.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Gomphaeschna miocenica n. sp.5
Gomphaeschna miocenica n. sp.5 Prokop and Nel 2002 true dragonfly
ZD0184
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
Merlax bohemicus n. gen. n. sp.
Merlax bohemicus n. gen. n. sp. Prokop and Nel 2000 darner dragonfly
 Plecoptera - Perlidae
Perla cf. burmeisteriana3
Perla cf. burmeisteriana3 Classen 1936 common stonefly
ZD0185 (nymph)
 Coleoptera - Dytiscidae
Cybister sp.1, Cybister cf. rotundatus1
Cybister sp.1 Curtis 1827 predaceous diving beetle
ZD9705, 9706
Cybister cf. rotundatus1 Říha 1974 predaceous diving beetle
ZD0253
 Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Hydrophilus cf. pistaceus1
Hydrophilus cf. pistaceus1 Laporte de Castelnau 1840 water scavenger beetle
ZD9708, 9709
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Odontomachus paleomyagra n. sp.7
Odontomachus paleomyagra n. sp.7 Wappler et al. 2014 ant
ZD0136
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
Bombus (Cullumanobombus) trophonius n. sp.4, Apis sp.6
Bombus (Cullumanobombus) trophonius n. sp.4 Prokop et al. 2017 bumble bee
ZD0003
Apis sp.6 Linnaeus 1758 honey bee
ZD0001, 0002, 0112, 0203
 Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Polistinae indet.6
Polistinae indet.6 Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau 1835 wasp
JP0004, ZD0005
 Diptera - Syrphidae
Blera miocenica n. sp.2
Blera miocenica n. sp.2 Hadrava et al. 2019 hover fly
NMP P 2191 (originally JP9703)
1Fikáček et al. 2008; 2Hadrava et al. 2019; 3Prokop 2002; 4Prokop et al. 2017; 5Prokop and Nel 2002; 6Prokop and Nel 2003; 7Wappler et al. 2014