
Biskoupky
General Characteristics
County (administration): 
Plzeňský kraj
District (town): 
Rokycany
Village: 
Sebečice
Cadastre: 
Biskoupky
Map sheets: 
12-32 Zdice, 12-323 Podmokly
Accessibility: 
passable 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
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 Biskoupy near Radnice (Barrandian area, Czech Republic. - Geosci. Res. Rep. Czech Geol. Surv., 49, pp. 43-46.
 
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: 
Jaroslav Kraft, 24.06.1993
Updated by: 
Steinová Marika, 23.09.2009, Vorel Tomáš, 01.04.2014
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: 
major
Geological importance: 
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality: 
yes
Locality conditions: 
no problems
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