Holubice (Prague-West District)

Holubice
Municipality and village
View from the pond towards the church

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Country  Czech Republic
Region Central Bohemian Region
District Prague-West District
Area
  Total 3.09 sq mi (8.01 km2)
Elevation 614 ft (187 m)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,512
  Density 490/sq mi (190/km2)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Holubice is a village and municipality in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Paleontology

In 1878 a few fossil fragments of some small Cretaceous reptile (presumably a small dinosaur of uncertain affinities) were found here. Czech naturalist Antonín Frič named it Procerosaurus exogyrarum, now it is known as Ponerosteus exogyrarum.[1]

Notes

  • This article was initially translated from Czech Wikipedia.

References

Coordinates: 50°11′59″N 14°17′23″E / 50.19972°N 14.28972°E / 50.19972; 14.28972


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