Kochov-Novici stratigraphic section, Boskovice Furrow (Permian to of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.5° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 24.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Asselian to Asselian (298.9 - 290.1 Ma)

• Region apparently contains both upper Carboniferous and lower Permian strata, but collection appears to be from lower Permian. Stratigraphic section is detailed, but does not identify localition(s) of fauna and flora.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous limestone

• No environmental information provided.
• Most material from single horizon within stratigraphic section, which comprises grey bituminous laminated limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, acetic,

• Vertebrate material extracted using dilute acetic acid. Material is possibly reposited in the "Museum Vychodnich Cech". Collections at Masaryk University (Brno) and the Museum in Brno also inspected

Primary reference: S. Stamberg. 1997. New discoveries of palaeoniscoid fishes and other fauna and flora from the northern region of Boskovice Furrow, Czech Republic. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 42(1-2):111-120 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51265: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.06.2005, edited by Graeme Lloyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Fossil plants identified by Z. Simunck (Geological Survey, Prague).
Peltaspermopsida
 Trichopityales - Trichopityaceae
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Aphlebia
  -
Aphlebia sp. Presl 1838
Callipteridium
  -
Carpentieria
  -
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Pteropsida
 Filicinae -
Supaia
  -
Supaia sp. White 1929
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Taeniopteris sp. Brongniart 1828 cycads
Walchia
  -
Taeniopteris jejunata
  -
"Taeniopteris cf. jejunata" = Ilfeldia jejunata
"Taeniopteris cf. jejunata" = Ilfeldia jejunata Grand'Eury 1877
Pinopsida
 Cordaitanthales -
Insecta
  -
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect
Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca -
Conchostraca indet. Sars 1867 clam shrimp
Chondrichthyes
 Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Xenacanthus sp. Beyrich 1848 elasmobranch
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli -
Sclerocephalus stambergi n. sp. Klembara and Steyer 2012 tetrapod
MHK 81460/1 and 2
Osteichthyes
 Seymouriamorpha - Karpinskiosauridae
Discosauriscus austriacus Makowsky 1876 tetrapod
 Paramblypteriformes -
Actinopteri
  -
Anaglyphus insignis Rzehak 1881
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
"Palaeoniscus moravicus" = Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus promtus
"Palaeoniscus moravicus" = Palaeoniscum
Palaeoniscus promtus Rzehak 1881