Preschen (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Also known as Břestány

Where: Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic (50.6° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MN3 mammal zone, Most Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: G. C. Laube. 1900. Neue Schildkröten und Fische aus der böhmischen Braunkohlenformation. Abhandlungen des Deutschen Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins für Böhmen 2:37-56 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185325: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 18.04.2017, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra argillarum n. sp. Laube 1900 turtle
SNSD-MMG CsT 611 (holotype), poorly preserved partial skeleton of a juvenile on a single slab of rock
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx aspidiformis n. sp., Trionyx elongatus n. sp.1, Trionyx preschenensis n. sp., "Trionyx bohemicus n. sp." = Rafetus bohemicus1
Trionyx aspidiformis n. sp. Laube 1900 softshell turtle
NMP 36675 (holotype), external imprint of a carapace, missing the posterior left side
Trionyx elongatus n. sp.1 Liebus 1930 softshell turtle
NMP 1488 (syntype), a carapace
Trionyx preschenensis n. sp. Laube 1900 softshell turtle
NMP 20205 (holotype), negative and positive imprints of an almost complete carapace, along with remains of the hyo-hypoplastron
"Trionyx bohemicus n. sp." = Rafetus bohemicus1 Liebus 1930 softshell turtle
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Andrias bohemicus n. sp.2 Laube 1897 giant salamander