Stránská skála, Slatina, Brno-City District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republici
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Stránská skála | Hill |
| Slatina | Municipal District |
| Brno-City District | District |
| South Moravian Region | Region |
| Czech Republic | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
49° 11' 26'' North , 16° 40' 32'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
252663
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:252663:1
GUID (UUID V4):
213b5738-31c9-448c-b695-e8ae334d8138
Name(s) in local language(s):
, Brno
Relict of Jurassic limestones.
Stránská skála (often without diacritics as Stranska skala) is a hill and refers to one of the most important Mid-Pleistocene-Cromerian interglacial paleontological sites in Central Europe. It is situated in the eastern part of Brno, Moravia near the city districts Židenice/Juliánov and Slatina, dating to approximately 600,000 BP, as supported by paleomagnetic dating. It is a 1,500 m (4,900 ft) long and 400 m (1,300 ft) wide hill, built from Jurassic limestone, especially Callovian-Oxfordian, built from light brown Caleidocrinus (Crinoid) mostly and Brachiopoddes and Coral and other types of limestones rich in fossil fauna as well. Stránská skála hill is located in the Bohemian Massif (and right on the border between the two geological provinces): Bohemian Massif (Moravian Karst) and Carpathians (Western Subcarpathia-Dyje-Svratka Vale). Its northwestern slope is composed of karstified limestone cliffs in which numerous fossiliferous fissures and caves were found. Approximately 48 meters (157 ft) of this slope are covered by a complex talus fan.
At this place, extensive excavations were made by palaeontologist Rudolf Musil and his colleagues in 1956–1968 which yielded rich paleontological material, including Homotherium moravicum teeth and approximately 1600 bones and bone fragments of birds from 23 families, 51 genera and 68 species. Earlier (1943) Ursus deningeri were discovered, and later a rich spectrum of coastal animal fossils such as ostracods, bivalves and fishes. The other terrestrial fossil animals are represented mostly by snakes. The site is unique in that it has been a particularly abundant source of prehistoric artefacts (especially stone tools) dating from the Acheulean period, Lower Bohunician to the Neolithic and Eneolithic, which spanned roughly 27,000 to 20,000 B.C. In addition to the abundance of various stone tools also fireplaces were discovered (the older one 250.000 BP).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Str%C3%A1nsk%C3%A1_sk%C3%A1la |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q2357569 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Czech Republic
- ⭔Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)Historic County
CzechoslovakiaCountry
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
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