Mezholezy quarry, Nová Lhota (Cretaceous of Czech Republic)

Where: Kutná Hora, Czech Republic (49.9° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Inoceramus pictus inoceramid zone, Korycany Member (Peruc-Korycany Formation), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• middle part of late Cenomanian, part of Inoceramus pictus-Inoceramus pictus bohemicus zone, and/or lower part of Metoicoceras geslinianum zone, below Praeactinocamaz plenus zone. Korycany beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; fine-grained, concretionary sandstone

• near-shore marine sediments - sandy beach deposits
• fine-grained sandstones, part of bone in limonitic concretion

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by O. Fejfar in 2003

Primary reference: O. Fejfar, M. Kosták, J. Kvacek, M. Mazuch, and M. Moucka. 2005. First Cenomanian dinosaur from Central Europe (Czech Republic). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):295-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 51860: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Burianosaurus augustai n. gen. n. sp.
Burianosaurus augustai n. gen. n. sp. Madzia et al. 2018 ornithopod