Plešivec - Měňanská hájovna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Beroun
Village:
Měňany
Cadastre:
Měňany
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun, 12-413 Králův Dvůr
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
181
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
This quarry represents a significant paleontological locality. Rich fauna int¨the Koněprusy Limestone (Pragian, Lower Devonian). Numerous trilobites, brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids, gastropods and pelecypods. Old Barrande´s collecting localities.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Český kras
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation
References
- Chlupáč, I. (1955): Stratigrafická studie o nejstarších devonských vrstvách Barrandienu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 2, 21 (1954), 91-224. Praha
- Chlupáč, I. (1987, ed.): Základní geologická mapa a vysvětlivky ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-413 Králův Dvůr. - Ústřední Ústav geologický, Praha
- Chlupáč, I. - Hladil, J. - Lukeš, P. (1986): Barrandian - Moravian Karst 1986. A field trip Guidebook. Field Conference Intern. Subcom. Devonian Stratigraphy. Praha
- Galle, A. - Hladil, J. et al. (1991): Lower Paleozoic corals of Bohemia and Moravia. - VI. Intern. Sympos. Fossil Cnidaria, Münster 1991, Excursion B3. Münster
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 19.03.1993
Updated by:
Vajskebrová Markéta, 27.09.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 181 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/181.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
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