Kutschlin near Bilin (Eocene of Czech Republic)

Also known as Kučlín

Where: Czech Republic (50.5° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• A thin basaltoid sheet covers the top of the sedimentary body. A tephrite flow

•has been sampled from large loose rock slabs on the top of the hill and is age source of the radiometric data by Bellon et al. (1998) – 38.3±0.9 MA.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified diatomite

• North Bohemian rift basin (Prokop, 2003).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: not stated

Primary reference: J. V. Deichmüller. 1881. Fossile Insecten aus dem Diatomeenschiefer von Kutschlin bei Bilin, Böhmen. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 42:293-330 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138883: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Notonectidae
"Notonecta heydeni n. sp." = Anisops heydeni
"Notonecta heydeni n. sp." = Anisops heydeni Deichmüller 1881 true bug
 Hymenoptera - Formicidae
Oecophylla obesa, "Hypoclinea kutschlinica n. sp." = Dolichoderus kutschlinicus
Oecophylla obesa Heer 1849 weaver ant
"Hypoclinea kutschlinica n. sp." = Dolichoderus kutschlinicus Deichmüller 1881 ant
 Coleoptera - Hybosoridae
"Bolboceras tertiarium n. sp." = Phaeochrous tertiarium
"Bolboceras tertiarium n. sp." = Phaeochrous tertiarium Deichmüller 1881 scavenger scarab beetle
 Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Dorcus primigenius n. sp. Deichmüller 1881 stag beetle
 Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elaterites dicrepidioides n. sp. Deichmüller 1881 click beetle
Campsosternus atavus n. sp. Deichmüller 1881 click beetle
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Thylacites rugosus n. sp., "Balaninus geinitzi n. sp." = Curculio geinitzi, Anisorhynchus deletus n. sp., Chalcodermus kirschi n. sp.
Thylacites rugosus n. sp. Deichmüller 1881 snout beetle
"Balaninus geinitzi n. sp." = Curculio geinitzi Deichmüller 1881 snout beetle
Anisorhynchus deletus n. sp. Deichmüller 1881 snout beetle
Chalcodermus kirschi n. sp. Deichmüller 1881 snout beetle
 Coleoptera - Cerambycidae
Mesosites macrophthalmus n. gen. n. sp.
Mesosites macrophthalmus n. gen. n. sp. Deichmüller 1881 longhorned beetle