Kočka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj, Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Příbram, Rokycany
Village:
Věšín, Strašice
Cadastre:
Věšín v Brdech, Strašice v Brdech
Map sheets:
22-12 Březnice, 22-121 Mirošov
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
1018
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Summit area of the hill and surrounding forested slopes. Also artificial outcrops. Fossiliferous Cambrian Paseky Shale with oldest Bohemian macrofauna are cropping out. Claystone horizon of the Paseky shale is underlain and overlain by conglomerates and sandstones of the Holšiny-Hořice Formation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien > Barrandien - Paleozoic > Příbram - Jince Basin
Stratigraphy:
Lower Cambrian
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
slate, schist, siltstone, conglomerate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Brdy
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
warfare
References
- Chlupáč, I. - Havlíček, V. (1965): Kodymirus n.g., a new aglaspid merostome of the Cambrian of Bohemia. - Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleont., 6, 7-20. Praha.
- Havlíček, V. (1968): Nejstarší makrofaunistický obzor v ČSSR. - Čas. Mineral. Geol., 13, 2, 211-212. Praha.
- Gray, J. (1988): Evolution of the freshwater ecosystem: The fossil record. - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 62, 1-214. Elsevier Amsterdam.
- Journal of Czech Geol. Sci. (1995), vol. 40 , č. 4
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 10.02.1993
Updated by:
Vorel Tomáš, 05.11.2019
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1018 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1018.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
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