Back-reef, Grobie, Holy Cross Mts., Poland: Badenian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
common category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834
common category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris deshayesi
common category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten scabrella (Lamarck 1819)
common category
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella
Chlamys cf. multistriata (Poli 1795)
common category
recombined as Talochlamys multistriata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
common category
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Cellepora sp. Linnaeus 1767
common category
End reef builders
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calcinidae
Dardanus hungaricus (Lörenthey and Beurlen 1929)
original and current combination Pagurites (Propagurites) hungaricus
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae
Petrochirus sp. Stimpson 1858
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes haydni Müller 1984
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Panopeus wronai Muller 1984
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Chlorodiella mediterranea (Lorenthey 1929)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Liocarcinus sp. Stimpson 1871
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dynomenidae
Dynomene emiliae Muller 1978
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 20.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.8° North, 19.6° East
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:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pinczow Member:Sublithothamnium Level
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified floatstone
Secondary lithology: lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Floatstones proximally, packstones distally. Up to 35% quartz grains in matrix.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:many
Bioerosion:frequent
Encrustation:occasional
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:32516
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-07-08 04:28:07 Last modified:2003-07-08 07:48:45
Access level:the public Released:2003-07-08 04:28:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]