An illustrated summary of the lower Miocene carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) of Tuchorice, Czech Republic

Abstract

Fossils were discovered at the historical sites of Tuchoice, Middle Bohemia, Czech Republic in the mid-nineteenth Century and first studied by Eduard Suess. After rediscovery in 1972, the localities were systematically collected.

At least 17 species and 14 genera of 8 families of Carnivora are recorded in the Early Miocene of Tuchoice and are illustrated here.

Keywords

• Early Miocene
• Carnivora
• natural trap
• travertine cascade
• thermal spring