Kielniki, Hypselum Subzone, Polish Jura (Jurassic of Poland)

Also known as Reef 424

Where: Poland (50.7° N, 19.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Bimammatum Zone, Hypselum Subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• "rigid" bioherm
• massive limestones, with small stromatolites

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Trammer. 1989. Middle to Upper Oxfordian sponges of the Polish Jura. Acta Geologica Polonica 39(1-4):49-91 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60851: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Xenoschrammenum alternans Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus dentatus Kolb 1910 glass sponge
Pachyteichisma gresslyi Etallon 1859 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae
Paracypellia prolifera Zittel 1878 glass sponge
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata, "Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
"Craticularia clathrata" = Laocoetis clathrata, "Paracraticularia procumbens" = Laocoetis procumbens, "Thyroidium lineatum" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum, "Thyroidium schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri, Craticularia paralella
"Craticularia clathrata" = Laocoetis clathrata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Paracraticularia procumbens" = Laocoetis procumbens Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Thyroidium lineatum" = Dictyonocoelia lineatum Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
"Thyroidium schweiggeri" = Dictyonocoelia schweiggeri Goldfuss 1829 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
 Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
"Hyalotragos radiatum" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata Goldfuss 1829 demosponge
Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge