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Miocene fish fauna from the Cheb and Sokolov Basins: taxonomic overview and palaeoecology
Hakalová, Pavla ; Přikryl, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mazuch, Martin (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to present an overview of Miocene fish fauna of the lacustrine sediments in the Cheb and Sokolov Basins, geological settings of this area, and fish associations in individual biozones. Sediments of Cheb and Sokolov Basins were deposited during time interval from Eocene until Miocene in the subtropical zone of the North hemisphere. Volcanic and post-volcanic activities of the Ohárecký rift influenced development of these basins. It's possible define two time sections within development of these basins: early and later; both of them provide rich record of fossil fishes. For the early period of the development is typical smaller range of the lake and its shallow depth. The relicts of this stage are limited to Cheb Basin mainly. Fish fossil record is limited, with three species only: Esox sp., Palaeotinca egeriana and Leuciscus (Palaeoleuciscus) socoloviensis. Low fish diversity could have been affected by poor living conditions or lower taxonomic diversity in general during this time. The later developmental period was much longer. The lake was much bigger - it spread to Sokolov Basin also. The fish fauna diversity is much higher, including taxons Paleotinca egariana, Leuciscus (Palaeoleuciscus) socoloviensis, Aphanius chebianus, Paralebias egeranus and Gobius sp. It is...
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Plant - insect interactions in lower Miocene of Central Europe: palaeoclimatological and palaeoecological implications
Knor, Stanislav ; Prokop, Jakub (advisor) ; Kvaček, Jiří (referee) ; Mikuláš, Radek (referee)
The paleoecology of plant - arthropod herbivory associations constitute very important source of knowledge about the phylogeny and co-evolution of both groups. The traces of herbivory interactions between plants and arthropods on the fossil leaves are preserved as so called damaged types (DTs) clustered into distinct functional feeding groups (FFGs). The diversity and frequency of these damage traces also seem to have been strongly influenced by environmental and climatic conditions. This research has been focused on rich fossil plant assemblages from the area of the Most Basin in the north-western Bohemia. The undergoing work has comprised the diagnosis of the individual damages on the basis of their specific morphological traits as their number, size, shape and distributional pattern on the leaf surface. The next issue has involved the statistical analyses concerning the differences in the frequency and diversity of the types of damage and functional feeding groups between two separate fossiliferous layers, namely those of the stratigraphically older Bílina Delta and younger Břešťany Clay. Significant differences were confirmed in this regard, especially in connection with achieved frequency and proportional occurrences of distinct functional feeding groups in the Bílina Delta. The galls were the...
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Foraminifera like paleoecological and biostratigraphical markers
Scheiner, Filip ; Holcová, Katarína (advisor) ; Kopecká, Jitka (referee)
The thesis deals with classification of foraminifera and development of foraminifera systematics in time. It also provides an complex overview of foraminifera biology, which includes cell biology, feeding, growth and life cycle of foraminifera. Next chapter describes morphological characteristics of foraminiferal test as the most important feature for taxonomy in paleontology. The following part presents basic factors and aspects of ecology. Practical part describes micropaleontological analysis of borehole Hrušovany located in SE part of the Central Paratethys. The foraminiferal assemblage allowed correlation with the Early Badenian (Langhian) and reconstruct paleoenvironment in this part of basin. Key words: foraminifera, taxonomy, Central Paratethys, Langhian, paleoecology
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Floristic associations of Miocene mires based on fuzite clasts study
Fischlová, Kateřina ; Sakala, Jakub (advisor) ; Gryc, Vladimír (referee)
The thesis presents systematical study and taphonomical evaluation of fusite wood specimens collected in the middle bench of the main lignite seam in the Bilina mine. In the introduction part, there are a general characteristic of the Most Basin and its geological setting with respect to the main lignite seam. Consequently, the charcoal is described in detail. Generally, the charcoaled wood, which was produced during wildfires in the Tertiary forests, shows well preserved anatomical details. The final part resumes systematics and taphonomy of the charcoal specimens collected by the author.
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