Kelc-Strazne zapad (Oligocene of Czech Republic)

Also known as Strážná Kelc

Where: Moravia, Czech Republic (49.5° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 14.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP23 nannofossil zone, Dynów Member (Menilite Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Middle Oligocene, near Rupelian-Chattian boundary.

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, gray, yellow claystone

• Fish finds indicate a epipelagic to Mesopelagic environment. One genus is a classic example of a neritic paleoenviroment
• yellow-grey fine sandy claystones with calcareous admixture and marked lamination

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Valašsko region in Vsetín.

Primary reference: J. Prokop, T. Prikryl, O. Dostal and A. Nel. 2007. Oligaeschna kvaceki sp. nov., a new fossil dragonfly (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from the middle Oligocene sediments of Northern Moravia (Western Carpathians). Geologica Carpathica 58(2):181-184 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104941: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 12.02.2011, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Scopeloides sp.
Scopeloides sp. Wettstein 1887
 Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
Vinciguerria sp.
Vinciguerria sp. Jordan and Evermann 1895
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Glossanodon sp.
Glossanodon sp. Guichenot 1867
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp.
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranus sp.
Serranus sp. Cuvier 1817 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Anenchelum sp.
Anenchelum sp. de Blainville 1818
 Alepocephaliformes - Platytroctidae
Vachalia moraviensis
Vachalia moraviensis Přikryl and Carnevale 2020
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupea sp.
Clupea sp. Linnaeus 1758 herring
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp.
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus sp.
Cetorhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 basking shark
Insecta
 Odonata - Aeshnidae
Oligaeschna kvaceki n. sp.
Oligaeschna kvaceki n. sp. Prokop and Nel 2007 darner dragonfly
MVR 235/05