New palaeontological collections from the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin

Abstract

Three palaeontological localities (Ploužnice, Bradlecká Lhota and Bítouchov) were visited during the year 2022 in order to verify their condition and acquire a new palaeontological material. Ploužnice locality is a long-known Stephanian locality within the Ploužnice Horizon, where an interesting Cordaites-Calamites assemblage has been found. Bradlecká Lhota is a locality of the same age belonging to the Ploužnice Horizon, too. Besides Cordaites and Calamites, also Cyathocarpus cyatheus (Schlotheim) Mosbrugger and Odontopteris schlotheimii Brongniart have been found here. A thin layer containing small bones and fish scales, so-called „bone bed“, has been discovered on both localities. The last locality is Bítouchov, which is a Permian locality belonging to the Kalná Horizon. This locality is also frequently visited by collectors. Autunia conferta (Sternberg) Kerp has been found here.