Jesuitengraben, near Kundratice (Oligocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.4° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 12.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, carbonaceous claystone

• North Bohemian rift basin (Prokop, 2003).
• Bituminous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: National Museum, Prague

Primary reference: P. Říha. 1973. Synapis petrefacta sp. n., eine neue Bienenart aus dem Tertiär des Böhmischen Mittelgebirges. Vĕstnik Ústředniho Ústavu Geologického 48:217-220 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161260: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hymenoptera - Apidae
"Synapis petrefacta n. sp." = Apis petrefacta
"Synapis petrefacta n. sp." = Apis petrefacta Říha 1973 petrified honey bee
NMP P-399/400