PBDB Collection

Nyrany: Westphalian D, Czech Republic

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Haplolepidae

	Pyritocephalus sculptus n. gen., n. sp. (Frič 1875)	Štamberg 1991
	NMP M 1201 (lectotype)
Palaeonisciformes - Sceletophoridae

	Sceletophorus verrucosus (Fritsch 1895)	Štamberg and Zajíc 2008
Aeduelliformes - Aeduellidae

	Spinarichthys dispersus (Fritsch 1895)	Štamberg and Zajíc 2008
Baphetidae

	Loxomma bohemicum n. sp. Fritsch 1889	Steen 1938
	CGH 3509 (neotype), skull

	Baphetes orientalis n. sp. Milner et al. 2009	Milner et al. 2009
	NMP M1338 (GH 3509) (Holotype; small skull). The counterpart was figured by Broili (1908) but was probably destroyed in 1944
unclassified

	Solenodonsaurus janenschi n. gen., n. sp. Broili 1924	Broili 1924
	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)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Capetus palustris n. gen., n. sp. Steen 1938	Schoch and Milner 2000
	BMNH R.4706 (Holotype: posterior skull table)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

	Cochleosaurus bohemicus n. gen., n. sp. (Fritsch 1885)	Fritsch 1885
	NMP M540/M1268 (holotype; part and counterpart of skull)

	Gaudrya latistoma n. sp. Fritsch 1885	Steen 1938
	synonym of Cochleosaurus bohemicus
	CGH unnumbered (holotype), impression of the anterior half of a palate

	Nyrania trachystoma n. sp. Fritsch 1885	Steen 1938
	synonym of Cochleosaurus bohemicus
	CGH Orig. 312, skull; CGH Orig. 386, skull
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

	Nyranerpeton amilneri n. gen., n. sp. Werneburg 2012	Werneburg 2012
	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)

	Limnerpeton modestum n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938
	CGH Orig. 15 (holotype), lower jaw, scale and palatal bone

	Limnerpeton obtusatum n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938
	CGH Orig. 236 (holotype), poorly preserved skeleton

	Limnerpeton elegans n. sp. Fritsch 1881	Fritsch 1881
	recombined as Limnogyrinus elegans
	NMP 477, skull table and disarticulated postcranial skeleton. Many additional specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

	Branchiosaurus salamandroides n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1875	Fritsch 1876
	NMP332/M1167 (Lectotype: complete skeleton designated by Milner (1986)), NMP-M356 (previous lectotype designated by Werneburg (1987))
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Amphibamidae

	Platyrhinops fritschi n. sp. Werneburg 2012	Schoch and Milner 2014
	NHMW-1938/32/27b (Holotype: posterior part of skull and postcranial skeleton, including a very large manus and an extensive scapulocoracoid)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematopidae

	Mordex calliprepes n. gen., n. sp. Steen 1938	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	R. 2817 (holotype), dorsal surface of a skull
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Sparagmites lacertinus n. sp. Fritsch 1889	Steen 1938	2 specimens
	CGH Orig. 52; CGH Orig. 80

	Potamochoston limnaios n. gen., n. sp. Steen 1938	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	CGH 271 (holotype), skull with postcranial remains

	Macromerium bayeri n. sp. Fritsch 1875	Steen 1938
	CGH unnumbered (holotype), fragments of vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, skull, scales
Amphibia - Scincosauridae

	Scincosaurus crassus n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1875	Fritsch 1876
	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))
Amphibia - Urocordylidae

	Urocordylus angustatus Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938
	St. 60 (Orig. 145) (lectotype), skull [the fronto-parietal featured by Fritsch is probably not associated with this skull]

	Urocordylus scalaris n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Fritsch 1883
	recombined as Sauropleura scalaris
	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. Fritsch 1901	Steen 1938
	synonym of Sauropleura scalaris
	CGH 3010 (holotype), complete skeleton except part of tail
Amphibia

	Orthocosta microscopa n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	CGH unnumbered (holotype), hind half of a skeleton

	Seelya pusilla n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	CGH unnumbered (holotype), slab and counterpart of complete skeleton
Amphibia - Microbrachidae

	Microbrachis mollis n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	CGH 3015, Orig. 138 (holotype), partial skull

	Microbrachis pelikani Fritsch 1875	Milner 2008	7 individuals
	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. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	synonym of Microbrachis pelikani
	CGH 3016, Orig. 53a (holotype), small skull in counterpart
Amphibia - Hyloplesiontidae

	Stelliosaurus longicostatus n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1875	Fritsch 1875	5 specimens
	recombined as Hyloplesion longicostatum
	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.
Amphibia

	Paramicrobrachis fritschi n. sp. Kuhn 1959	Kuhn 1959
Amphibia - Hapsidopareiidae

	Ricnodon trachylepis n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	CGH Orig. 95 (holotype), vertebrae, a scapula, a rib, phalanges and two types of scales

	Ricnodon copei n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Carroll and Gaskill 1978
	CGH 232 (Holotype, fragmentary skull and post cranial material)

	Ricnodon dispersus n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938	2 specimens
	CGH Orig. 237 (holotype), scattered skull bones and scales; CGH Orig. 259, skull bones, a scale, a rib and a vertebra
Amphibia - Tuditanidae

	Ricnodon limnophyes n. sp. Steen 1938	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	recombined as Crinodon limnophyes
	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.
Amphibia - Ptyoniidae

	Lepterpeton sp. Wright and Huxley 1866	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	CGH unnumbered, skull
Eogyrinidae

	Diplovertebron punctatum n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1879	Fritsch 1879
	CGH Orig 96 (lectotype) pelvis (Fritsch (1889) Plate 52, fig. 2); CGH Orig. 128
Amniota

	Amniota indet. (Haeckel 1866)		1 individual
	MB 1901.1379; "without cranial material, not even the order to which this specimen belongs can be established with certainty"
Reptilia - Protorothyrididae

	Coelostegus prothales n. gen., n. sp. Carroll and Baird 1972		1 individual
	ČGH 3027 (type); referred to as "Gephyrostegus bohemicus specimen II" by Brough & Brough (1967)

	Brouffia orientalis n. gen., n. sp. Carroll and Baird 1972		1 individual
	ČGH III B.21.C.587; MP 451 (part and counterpart of type); referred to as "Gephyrostegus bohemicus specimen I" by Brough & Brough (1967)

	Hylonomus acuminatus n. sp. Fritsch 1883	Steen 1938
	CGH unnumbered (holotype), maxilla and lower jaw
Gymnarthridae

	Sparodus validus n. gen., n. sp. Fritsch 1876	Fritsch 1876
	CGH 2084 (Holotype, skull showing palate and lower jaws)
Ophiacodontidae

	Archaeothyris sp. Reisz 1972	Reisz 1975	1 individual
	ČGH 272
Gephyrostegidae

	Gephyrostegus watsoni n. sp. Brough and Brough 1967	Brough and Brough 1967	1 individual
	DMSW B 65 (type)

	Gephyrostegus bohemicus n. gen., n. sp. Jaekel 1902	Brough and Brough 1967	1 individual
	(type, ?unnumbered specimen)
Phlegethontiidae

	Dolichosoma scutiferum n. sp. Fritsch 1901	Steen 1938	1 specimen
	CGH Orig. 235 (holotype), almost complete skeleton

	Dolichosoma longissimum n. sp. Fritsch 1875	McGinnis 1967	1 individual
	recombined as Phlegethontia longissima
	ČGH 129 (type)

	Phlegethontia longissima (Fritsch 1875)	Anderson 2002	1 individual
	NMW 1896 II 34
Oestocephalidae

	Ophiderpeton granulosum n. sp. Fritsch 1880	Fritsch 1880
	recombined as Oestocephalus granulosum
	CGH (Orig. 130) (Holotype; mid body region, vertebrae, ribs, and scales)

	Oestocephalus amphiuminum Cope 1868	Anderson 2003
	NMW 1894-2327, NMW 1899.IX.34, UMMP 22277 (galvanotype of NMP M442), UMMP 22274 (galvanotype of NMP M455)
unclassified

	Limnerpeton laticeps n. sp. Fritsch 1881	Schoch and Milner 2014
	recombined as Mattauschia laticeps
	NMP 470/471 (Fritsch orig. 94; Syntype: skull in ventral aspect and partial postcranial skeleton in part and counterpart. now Lectotype for Mordex laticeps)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Czech Republic	State/province:	Pilsen	County:	Pilsen-North
Coordinates:	49.7° North, 13.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	0.9° North, 20.1° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Carboniferous	Epoch:	Pennsylvanian
Stage:	Moscovian	10 m.y. bin:	Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:	Westphalian D
Age range of interval:	309.80000 - 307.40000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Kladno	Member:	Nýřany
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	coal
Environment:	lacustrine indet.	Tectonic setting:	foreland basin

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:	good

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: ČGH = Národni Muzeum (National Musuem), Prague, Czech Republic MP = Natural History Musuem, Pilzen NMW = Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural Histroy Museum, Vienna), Austria

Metadata

Also known as:	Humboldt Mine, Krimice Mine, Nýřany, Nyrschan, Nürschan
Database number:	84835
Authorizer:	J. Mueller, R. Butler, E. Dunne, A. Dunhill	Enterer:	T. Liebrecht, R. Butler, E. Dunne, B. Allen, S. Fasey
Modifier:	S. Fasey	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2008-11-14 07:56:54	Last modified:	2022-10-07 11:17:54
Access level:	the public	Released:	2008-11-14 07:56:54
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

28608.

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]

Secondary references:

31059		J. S. Anderson. 2002. Revision of the Aïstopod Genus Phlegethontia (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli). Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1029-1046 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
41001		J. S. Anderson. 2003. Cranial anatomy of Coloraderpeton brilli, postcranial anatomy of Oestocephalus amphiuminus, and reconsideration of Ophiderpetontidae (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli: Aistopoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):532-543 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ]
59164		F. Broili. 1924. Ein Cotylosaurier aus der oberkarbonischen Gaskohle von Nürschan in Böhmen. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Abteilung der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 3-11 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
28833		M. C. Brough and J. Brough. 1967. Studies on Early Tetrapods III. The Genus Gephyrostegus. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 252:147-165 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
28692		R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill. 1978. The Order Microsauria. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society 126:1-211 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
58983		A. Fritsch. 1875. Uber die Fauna der Gaskohle des Pilsner und Rakonitzer Beckens. Sitz. K. boehmischen Gesellsch. der Wiss. In Prag. Jahrgang 70-79 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
58031		A. Fritsch. 1876. Über die Fauna der Gaskohle des Pilsner und Rakonitzer Beckens. Sitzungs-Berichte der koniglichen bohmischen Gellschaft der Wissenschaften Prag 1875:70-78 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne]
58134		A. Fritsch. 1879. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformations Bohmens. 1(1) [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
58421		A. Fritsch. 1880. Fauna der Gaskohle und der Kalksteine der Permformation Bohmens. 1(2) [R. Butler/E. Dunne]
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31050		H. J. McGinnis. 1967. The Osteology of Phlegethontia, a Carboniferous and Permian Aïstopod Amphibian. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 71:1-46 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
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