Obora
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihomoravský kraj
District (town):
Blansko
Village:
Obora
Cadastre:
Obora u Boskovic
Map sheets:
24-14 Boskovice, 24-142 Boskovice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
1074
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry and nearby gorge. Outcrop of the Bačov Beds with a horizon of bituminous marlstone which yielded interesting fauna. Overlying beds consist of claystones, dolomite bed and sandstones. Paleontologically and stratigraphically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Late Palaeozoic of grabens > Boskovice Furrow
Stratigraphy:
Rotliegendian; Lower Permian
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, fossils-flora, bed
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
bitumen, sandstone, siltstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
collection, vegetation, agriculture
References
- Havlena V., Špinar Z.(1961): Zpráva o paleontologicko-stratigrafickém výzkumu okolí Jabloňan u Skalice n.Svitavou.- Zpr.geol.Výzk.v roce 1959.Praha. Holub V.,Kozur H.(1981a): Revision einiger Conchostracen -Faunen des Rotliegenden und biostratigraphische Auswertung der Conchostracen des Rotliegenden.-Geol.palaeont.Mitt.Innsbruck,11,2,39-94.Innsbruck. Holub V.,Kozur H.(1981b): Arthropodenfaehrten aus dem Rotliegenden der ČSSR.-Ibid., 11,3,95-148.Innsbruck. Kukalová J.(1960): New Palaeodictyoptera (Insecta) of czechoslovakian Carboniferous and Permian.-Sbor.Ústř.Úst.geol.,Odd.paleont.,25,239-251.Praha. Kukalová J.(1963): Permian Insects of Moravia,Part I-Mimoptera.-Sbor geol.Věd,Paleont.,1,7-52.Praha. Kukalová J.(1964a): Permian Insects of Moravia, Part II-Liomopteridea.-Ibid.,2,39-118.Praha. Kukalová J.(1964b): Review of the Calvertiellidae, with Description of a New Genus from Permian Strata of Moravia (Paleodictyoptera). Psyche,71,4,153-168.Cambridge. Kukalová J.(1965): Permian Protelytroptera, Coleoptera and Protorthoptera (Insecta) of Moravia.-Sbor.geol.Věd,Paleont.,6,61-98.Praha. Kukalová J.(1969): On the systematic position of the supposed Permian beetles Tschecardocoleidae, with a description of a new collection from Moravia.-Ibid.,11,139-162.Praha. Kukalová-Peck J. (1972): Unusual Structures in the Paleozoic Insect Orders Megasecoptera and Palaeodictyoptera, with a Description of a New Family.-Psyche,79,3,243-268.Cambridge. Kukalová-Peck J.(1974): Wing-folding in the Paleozoic Insect Order Diaphanopterodea (Paleoptera), with a Description of New Representatives of the Family Elmoidae.-Ibid.,81,2,315-333.Cambridge. Schneider J.(1980): Zur Entomofauna des Jungpalaeozoikums der Boskovicer Furche (ČSSR), Teil I: Mylacridae (Insecta, Blattodea).-Freiberg.Forsch.-H.,R.C,357,43-55.Leipzig. Schneider J.(1984): Zur Entomofauna des Jungpalaeozoikums der Boskovicer Furche (ČSSR),Teil II:Phylloblattidae (Insecta, Blattodea).-Ibid.,395,19-37.Leipzig. Zajíc J.,Štamberg S.(1986): Summary of the Permo-Carboniferous freshwater fauna of the limnic basins of Bohemia and Moravia.-Acta Mus.reginaehradec.,Ř.A,20(1985),61-82.Hradec Králové. Zídek J.(1966): Nové nálezy žralokovitých ryb skupiny Xenacanthodii ve spodním permu boskovické brázdy na Moravě.-Čas.Nár.Muz.,Odd.přírodověd.,135,2,74-80.Praha. Ivanov, M. (2003): Přehled historie paleontologického bádání v permokarbonu boskovické brázdy na Moravě. - Acta Mus. Moraviae, Sci. geol. LXXXVIII, 3-112. Šimůnek, Z. – Martínek, K. (2009): A study of Late Carboniferous and Early Permian plant assemblages from the Boskovice Basin, Czech Republic.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Zajíc, 04.10.1995
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 04.02.2003, Gilíková Helena, 07.11.2011, Gilíková Helena, 29.10.2014
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1074 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1074.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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