Melsztyn (Paleocene of Poland)

Where: Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (49.9° N, 20.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Upper Istebna Sandstone Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone and conglomerate

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Leszczynski, B. Kolodziej, D. Bassi, E. Malata, and M. A. Gasinski. 2012. Origin and resedimentation of rhodoliths in the Late Paleocene flysch of the Polish Outer Carpathians. Facies 58:367-387 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215824: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 24.11.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Lithothamnion sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp., Karpathia sp., Spongites sp., Neogoniolithon sp., Polystrata alba
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Karpathia sp. Maslov 1962
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936