Biskoupky
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Rokycany
Village:
Sebečice
Cadastre:
Biskoupky
Map sheets:
12-32 Zdice, 12-323 Podmokly
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
153
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Tectonically deliminated block of the Cambrian Jince Formation within the complex of the volcanites of the Křivoklát-Rokycany belt. Important for the stratigraphy and paleontology.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien > Příbram - Jince Basin
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic, Middle Cambrian
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary, volcanic
Rock:
andesite, slate, schist, greywacke
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1155 (Biskoupky)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Kettner, R. (1923): Kambrium skrejsko-tejřovické a jeho okolí. – Sbor. St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ. 3, 5–63.
- Mikuláš, R. (2000): Trace fossils from the Middle Cambrian of the Barrandian area (Central Bohemia, Czech republic). – Czech Geol. Survey Spec. Pap. 12, 1–30.
- Smetana, V. (1920): Kambrium u Biskoupek na Zbirožsku. – Rozpr. II. tř. České akademie, XXVIII (1919), č. 23, p. 1–4.
- Šnajdr, M. (1958): Trilobiti českého středního kambria (The trilobites of the Middle Cambrian of Bohemia). – Rozpr. Ústř. Úst. geol., 24: 1–280
- Nolčova L., Mergl M. (2016): Occurrence of epibiont echinoderms in the Buchava Formation (Cambrian, Drumian) at Biskoupky near Radnice (Barrandian area, Czech Republic. - Geosci. Res. Rep. Czech Geol. Surv., 49, pp. 43-46.
- Vorel a kol. (2014): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000, list 12-323 Podmokly, Česká geologická služba, Praha.
- Valent M., Fatka O. & Marek L. (2019): Alfaites romeo gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new Hyolitha from the Cambrian of Skryje-Týřovice Basin (Czech Republic). European Journal of Taxonomy 491: 1–10.
- Kovář V., Valent M. & Fatka O. (2026): First palynological dating of Miaolingian (Cambrian) strata at the Biskoupky locality (Skryje-Týřovice Basin, Teplá-Barrandien Unit), Carnets Geol. 26(10): 211-225.
- Valent M., Fatka O. & Marek L. (2017): Biskolites iactans gen. et sp. nov. from the Cambrian of the Czech Republic (Hyolitha, Skryje-Týřovice Basin). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 285 (2): 227–233.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Kraft, 24.06.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 23.09.2009, Vorel Tomáš, 01.04.2014, Vajskebrová Markéta, 10.07.2026
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 153 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/153.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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