Reef core, Grobie, Holy Cross Mts., Poland: Badenian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Cellepora sp. Linnaeus 1767
common category
End reef builders
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora graeca (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
rare category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
rare category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
rare category
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
abundant category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
rare category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
common category
Chlamys (Macrochlamis) latissima nodosiformis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Cancer cf. styriacus Bittner 1884
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Panopeus wronai Muller 1984
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Chlorodiella mediterranea (Lorenthey 1929)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dynomenidae
Dynomene emiliae Muller 1978
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora reussiana Montanaro-Gallitelli and Tacoli 1951
rare category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842
abundant category
platy-encrusting
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea sp. (Blainville 1830)
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
? Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
abundant category
massive
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
common category
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 20.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° North, 22.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Serravallian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Miocene
*International age/stage:Langhian *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Badenian
Key time interval: Badenian
Age range of interval: 13.82 - 12.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pinczow Member:Sublithothamnium Level
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Secondary lithology: lithified rudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Coral patch-reef, a few meters thick and some tens of meters across
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:many
Bioerosion:frequent
Encrustation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Focusing on decapods but other organisms also indicated
Taxonomic list comments:Except for corals only fossils found by the author are included in list
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3227
Database number:32515
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-07-08 04:18:02 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-07-08 04:18:02
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
8714. M. Gorka. 2002. The Lower Badenian (Middle Miocene) coral patch reef at Grobie (southern slopes of the Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland), its origin, development and demise. Acta Geologica Polonica 52(4):521-534 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]