First record of the Carboniferous trilobite Bollandia from the Moravian Karst (Czech Republic) and its significance

Abstract

The presence of bolladiine trilobites is reported for the first time in the early Carboniferous of Moravia, were recovered pelitic shales of late Tournaisian age of the Březina Formation in Mokrá quarry.

Keywords

• Trilobita
• Phillipsiidae
• Bollandia
• Carboniferous
• palaeoecology
• Moravian Karst