Peruc–Korycany Formation

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| period = Cenomanian

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| prilithology = Sandstone, Mudstone, Conglomerate

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| subunits = Peruc Member, Korycany Member

| underlies = Bila Hora Formation

| overlies = Metamorphic basement

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| country = Czech Republic

| extent = Bohemian Cretaceous Basin

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Image:Czech_iguanodontid_fossil.JPG femur, found in 2003 near Mezholezy.]]

The Peruc–Korycany Formation is a geologic unit of Upper Cretaceous age, located mostly in the Czech Republic. It is the oldest unit of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, which overlies Silurian-aged metamorphosed rocks of the Bohemian Massif. It consists of fluvial to shallow marine sediments.{{Cite journal|last1=Caracciolo|first1=Luca|last2=Le Pera|first2=Emilia|last3=Muto|first3=Francesco|last4=Perri|first4=Francesco|date=10 August 2011|title=Sandstone petrology and mudstone geochemistry of the Peruc–Korycany Formation (Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic)|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00206810903429011|journal=International Geology Review|language=en|volume=53|issue=9|pages=1003–1031|doi=10.1080/00206810903429011|s2cid=130262322 |issn=0020-6814|url-access=subscription}}

Fossil content

=Dinosaurs=

Dinosaur fossil remains about 94 million years old (Cenomanian stage) were found in 2003 near the village Mezholezy (Miskovice), by Kutná Hora. This small basal ornithopod dinosaur was officially named Burianosaurus augustai in 2017.Madzia, Daniel; Boyd, Clint A.; Mazuch, Martin (2017). A basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Cenomanian of the Czech Republic. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology: 1–13. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1371258

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Genus	Species	Presence !Material	Notes	Images
Burianosaurus \|B. augustai \| Korycany Beds. \|A well-preserved femur. \| A basal ornithopod. \|

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Presence

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Burianosaurus

|B. augustai

| Korycany Beds.

|A well-preserved femur.

| A basal ornithopod.

=Invertebrates=

colspan="6" align="center" \| Invertebrates
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Genus	Species	Presence !Material	Notes	Images
rowspan=2\|Novasalenia \|N. plananyensis \|Plaňany.{{Cite journal \|last=Zítt \|first=J. \|date=2003 \|title=Novasalenia gen. nov.: a remarkable Late Cenomanian echinoid from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (Czech Republic) \|url=https://www.academia.edu/47692005/Novasalenia_gen_nov_a_remarkable_Late_Cenomanian_echinoid_from_the_Bohemian_Cretaceous_Basin_Czech_Republic_ \|journal=Cretaceous Research \|volume=24 \|issue=1 \|pages=23–30 \|issn=0195-6671}} \| \|A saleniid sea urchin. \|
N. predbojensis \|Předboj. \| \|A saleniid sea urchin. \|

=Plants=

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colspan="6" align="center" \| Plants
Genus	Species	Presence !Material	Notes	Images
Elatocladus \|E. velenovskyi \|Environs of Peruc.{{Cite journal \|last=Kvaček \|first=Jiří \|date=2015 \|title=Elatocladus velenovskyi nom. nov., a characteristic conifer of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin \|url=https://www.academia.edu/26575339/Elatocladus_velenovskyi_nom_nov_a_characteristic_conifer_of_the_Bohemian_Cretaceous_Basin \|journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B \|volume=292 \|issue=1-3 \|pages=79–93 \|issn=2194-900X}} \|Twigs. \|A conifer. \|
Bayeritheca \|B. hugesii \| \|Pollen organ{{Cite journal \|last1=Kvaček \|first1=Jiřı́ \|last2=Pacltová \|first2=Blanka \|date=December 2001 \|title=Bayeritheca hughesii gen. et sp. nov., a new Eucommiidites -bearing pollen organ from the Cenomanian of Bohemia \|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S019566710190285X \|journal=Cretaceous Research \|language=en \|volume=22 \|issue=6 \|pages=695–704 \|doi=10.1006/cres.2001.0285\|url-access=subscription }} \|An erdtmanithecale \|
Papillaephyllum \|P. labitae \|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal \|last=Čepičková \|first=Jana \|last2=Kvaček \|first2=Jiří \|date=2023-09-12 \|title=Papillaephyllum, a new genus of angiosperm foliage from the Cenomanian of the Czech Republic \|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034666723001598 \|journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology \|pages=104990 \|doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104990 \|issn=0034-6667\|url-access=subscription }} \|Leaves. \|An angiosperm. \|
Pecínovicladus \|P. kvaceki \|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal \|last=Falcon-Lang \|first=Howard J. \|date=March 2004 \|title=A new anatomically preserved ginkgoalean genus from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Czech Republic \|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00371.x \|journal=Palaeontology \|language=en \|volume=47 \|issue=2 \|pages=349–366 \|doi=10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00371.x \|issn=0031-0239\|doi-access=free }} \|18 branch specimens preserved as charcoal. \|A ginkgoale. \|
Pseudoasterophyllites \|P. cretaceus \|Lipenec, Pecínov Quarry, Hloubětín Brickpit & an abandoned brick pit in the eastern part of Prague.{{Cite journal \|last=Kvaček \|first=Jiří \|last2=Gomez \|first2=Bernard \|last3=Zetter \|first3=Reinhard \|date=13 January 2012 \|title=The Early Angiosperm Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus from Albian—Cenomanian of Czech Republic and France Revisited \|url=https://bioone.org/journals/acta-palaeontologica-polonica/volume-57/issue-2/app.2009.0060/The-Early-Angiosperm-Pseudoasterophyllites-cretaceus-from-AlbianCenomanian-of-Czech-Republic/10.4202/app.2009.0060.full \|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica \|language=en \|volume=57 \|issue=2 \|pages=437–443 \|doi=10.4202/app.2009.0060 \|issn=0567-7920\|doi-access=free }} \| \|A magnoliopsid. \|
Pseudoctenis \|P. babinensis \|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal \|last=Kvaček \|first=Jiří \|date=January 2008 \|title=New cycad foliage of Pseudoctenis pecinovensis from the Bohemian Cenomanian \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233799995_New_cycad_foliage_of_Pseudoctenis_pecinovensis_from_the_Bohemian_Cenomanian \|journal=Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B Historia Naturalis / Sborník Národního muzea řada B přírodní vědy \|volume=64 \|issue=2-4 \|pages=125–131}} \|Foliage. \|A cycad. \|
Zamites \|Z. pateri \|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal \|last=Kvaček \|first=Jiří \|date=2022 \|title=New species of Zamites from the Cenomanian of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin \|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.017 \|journal=Fossil Imprint \|volume=78 \|issue=2 \|pages=425–431 \|doi=10.37520/fi.2022.017 \|issn=2533-4069\|doi-access=free }} \| \|A bennettitale. \|
rowspan=2\|Zlatkocarpus \|Z. brnikensis \|Clay pit near Brnik.{{Cite journal \|last=KvaČek \|first=JiŘÍ \|last2=Friis \|first2=Else Marie \|date=2010 \|title=Zlatkocarpus gen. nov., a new angiosperm reproductive structure with monocolpate-reticulate pollen from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Czech Republic \|url=https://www.academia.edu/6182940/Zlatkocarpus_gen_nov_a_new_angiosperm_reproductive_structure_with_monocolpate_reticulate_pollen_from_the_Late_Cretaceous_Cenomanian_of_the_Czech_Republic \|journal=Grana \|volume=49 \|issue=2 \|pages=115 \|issn=0017-3134}} \|Fruiting specimens. \|An angiosperm. \|
Z. pragensis \|Hloubětín-Hutě, northeastern suburb of Prague. \|Inflorescence axis, fruits and pollen. \|An angiosperm. \|

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colspan="6" align="center" | Plants

Genus

Species

Presence

!Material

Notes

Images

Elatocladus

|E. velenovskyi

|Environs of Peruc.{{Cite journal |last=Kvaček |first=Jiří |date=2015 |title=Elatocladus velenovskyi nom. nov., a characteristic conifer of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin |url=https://www.academia.edu/26575339/Elatocladus_velenovskyi_nom_nov_a_characteristic_conifer_of_the_Bohemian_Cretaceous_Basin |journal=Palaeontographica Abteilung B |volume=292 |issue=1-3 |pages=79–93 |issn=2194-900X}}

|Twigs.

|A conifer.

Bayeritheca

|B. hugesii

|Pollen organ{{Cite journal |last1=Kvaček |first1=Jiřı́ |last2=Pacltová |first2=Blanka |date=December 2001 |title=Bayeritheca hughesii gen. et sp. nov., a new Eucommiidites -bearing pollen organ from the Cenomanian of Bohemia |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S019566710190285X |journal=Cretaceous Research |language=en |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=695–704 |doi=10.1006/cres.2001.0285|url-access=subscription }}

|An erdtmanithecale

Papillaephyllum

|P. labitae

|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal |last=Čepičková |first=Jana |last2=Kvaček |first2=Jiří |date=2023-09-12 |title=Papillaephyllum, a new genus of angiosperm foliage from the Cenomanian of the Czech Republic |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034666723001598 |journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology |pages=104990 |doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104990 |issn=0034-6667|url-access=subscription }}

|Leaves.

|An angiosperm.

Pecínovicladus

|P. kvaceki

|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal |last=Falcon-Lang |first=Howard J. |date=March 2004 |title=A new anatomically preserved ginkgoalean genus from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Czech Republic |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00371.x |journal=Palaeontology |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=349–366 |doi=10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00371.x |issn=0031-0239|doi-access=free }}

|18 branch specimens preserved as charcoal.

|A ginkgoale.

Pseudoasterophyllites

|P. cretaceus

|Lipenec, Pecínov Quarry, Hloubětín Brickpit & an abandoned brick pit in the eastern part of Prague.{{Cite journal |last=Kvaček |first=Jiří |last2=Gomez |first2=Bernard |last3=Zetter |first3=Reinhard |date=13 January 2012 |title=The Early Angiosperm Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus from Albian—Cenomanian of Czech Republic and France Revisited |url=https://bioone.org/journals/acta-palaeontologica-polonica/volume-57/issue-2/app.2009.0060/The-Early-Angiosperm-Pseudoasterophyllites-cretaceus-from-AlbianCenomanian-of-Czech-Republic/10.4202/app.2009.0060.full |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |language=en |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=437–443 |doi=10.4202/app.2009.0060 |issn=0567-7920|doi-access=free }}

|A magnoliopsid.

Pseudoctenis

|P. babinensis

|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal |last=Kvaček |first=Jiří |date=January 2008 |title=New cycad foliage of Pseudoctenis pecinovensis from the Bohemian Cenomanian |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233799995_New_cycad_foliage_of_Pseudoctenis_pecinovensis_from_the_Bohemian_Cenomanian |journal=Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B Historia Naturalis / Sborník Národního muzea řada B přírodní vědy |volume=64 |issue=2-4 |pages=125–131}}

|Foliage.

|A cycad.

Zamites

|Z. pateri

|Pecínov Quarry.{{Cite journal |last=Kvaček |first=Jiří |date=2022 |title=New species of Zamites from the Cenomanian of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.017 |journal=Fossil Imprint |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=425–431 |doi=10.37520/fi.2022.017 |issn=2533-4069|doi-access=free }}

|A bennettitale.

rowspan=2|Zlatkocarpus

|Z. brnikensis

|Clay pit near Brnik.{{Cite journal |last=KvaČek |first=JiŘÍ |last2=Friis |first2=Else Marie |date=2010 |title=Zlatkocarpus gen. nov., a new angiosperm reproductive structure with monocolpate-reticulate pollen from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Czech Republic |url=https://www.academia.edu/6182940/Zlatkocarpus_gen_nov_a_new_angiosperm_reproductive_structure_with_monocolpate_reticulate_pollen_from_the_Late_Cretaceous_Cenomanian_of_the_Czech_Republic |journal=Grana |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=115 |issn=0017-3134}}

|Fruiting specimens.

|An angiosperm.

Z. pragensis

|Hloubětín-Hutě, northeastern suburb of Prague.

|Inflorescence axis, fruits and pollen.

|An angiosperm.

References

Category:Cretaceous Czech Republic

Category:Cenomanian Stage

Category:Paleontology in the Czech Republic

Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Europe