Dětaň (Oligocene of Czech Republic)

Also known as Detan

Where: Czech Republic (50.2° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 21 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• mammals are mostly from one layer but plants and some other vertebrates are from nearby levels

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; lithified, fine-grained, calcareous tuff

• "a dry, well-drained [non-lacustrine] environment" covered with "evergreen forests" in a volcanic crater
• "heavy-fine bedded occasionally cross-bedded [reworked basaltic] tuffs" that are "altered and slightly calcareous"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with calcite

Primary reference: O. Fejfar. 1987. A Lower Oligocene Mammalian Fauna from Dětañ and Dvérce NW Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen A 10:253-264 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91467: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• many of the small mammals were recovered from a single apparent termite nest

•plant material includes rare leaf imprints, calcified woody roots, wood charcoal, and aragonite pseudomorphs, apparently of wood branches and stem (diameter 100 to 150 mm)"

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unclassified
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Rumohra sp.
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
cf. Parasminthus sp.
cf. Parasminthus sp. Bohlin 1946 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pseudocricetodon montalbanensis, Eucricetodon cf. murinus, Paracricetodon cf. dehmi
Paracricetodon cf. dehmi Hrubesh 1957 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliravus sp.
Gliravus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Palaeosciurus sp.
Palaeosciurus sp. Pomel 1853 squirrel
said to be new
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
"Plesispermophilus cf. atavus" = Lophallomys atavus
"Plesispermophilus cf. atavus" = Lophallomys atavus Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomys cf. zitteli
Eomys cf. zitteli Schlosser 1884 rodent
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Suevosciurus ehingensi
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp.
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Cephalogale sp.
Cephalogale sp. Jourdan 1862 bear
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pseudocyonopsis cf. antiquus
Pseudocyonopsis cf. antiquus Ginsburg 1966 bear-dog
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ronzotherium cf. filholi
Ronzotherium cf. filholi Osborn 1900 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium cf. monsvialense
Anthracotherium cf. monsvialense de Zigno 1888 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Entelodon antiquum
Entelodon antiquum even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomeryx mouchelini
Lophiomeryx mouchelini Brunet and Sudre 1987 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Bachitherium cf. curtum, Gelocus laubei
Bachitherium cf. curtum Filhol 1877 ruminant
Gelocus laubei Schlosser 1901 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Paroxacron sp.
Paroxacron sp. Hürzeler 1936 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Propalaeochoerus cf. parona
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
cf. Neurogymnurus sp.
cf. Neurogymnurus sp. Filhol 1877 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
cf. Paratalpa sp.
cf. Paratalpa sp. Lavocat 1951 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Quercysorex sp.
Quercysorex sp. Engesser 1975 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium sp.
Amphiperatherium sp. Filhol 1879 marsupial
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
 Serpentes -
Serpentes indet.
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
Insecta
 Blattodea -
Isoptera indet.
 Dicondylia -
Hymenoptera indet.
Hymenoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 winged insect
Angiospermae
 Liliales - Smilacaceae
Smilax sp.
Smilax sp. Linnaeus 1753 greenbrier
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp.
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova sp., Ulmus sp.
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm