Pinczow Limestone, algal-bryazoan facies (Miocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.5° N, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.9° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pinczow Formation, Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• Middle Miocene (Badenian)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• The red-algal limestones have been reported bath from

•the southern slopes of the Swie$okrzyskie Mts. and Lublin Upland, and from the northern Carpathian border. The densilty of sampling was higher where

•limestones with in-plance algal accumulations occur but lower in purely orgainodetrital limestones. Because of the poor expasure the samples were frequently taken from the weathering zone.

• Main rock-forming element of diverse calcareous and/or marly

•and sandy deposits. Composed of large, mainly sphaeroidal rhodoliths,the internal structure of which shows typically three growth stages: branching nucleus, laminar stage, and columnar stage.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Studencki. 1988. Red algae from the Pinczow limestones (middle Miocene, Swietokrzyskie mountains, Poland). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 33(1):3-57 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138306: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Palaeothamnium "sp. 1", Palaeothamnium "sp. 2", Palaeothamnium kossovense, Jania ucrainica, Corallina sp., Karpathia sphaerocellulosa, Lithoporella sp., Titanoderma nataliae, "Lithophyllum duplex" = Titanoderma duplex, Lithophyllum albanense, Lithophyllum minimum, Lithophyllum anguineum, Lithophyllum kamptneri, "Lithophyllum mgarrense" = Lithophyllum nitorum, Lithophyllum simplex, Lithophyllum capederi, Lithophyllum bonyense, Lithophyllum prelichenoides, Lithophyllum besalotos, Lithophyllum lithothamnioides, Lithophyllum cf. lateporatum, Lithophyllum corculumis, "Archaeolithothamnium keenani" = Sporolithon keenani, "Palaeothamnium archaeotypum" = Lithothamnion romosissimum, ""Lithothamnium" cf. fruticulosum" = Lithothamnion, ""Lithothamnium" saipanese" = Lithothamnion, ""Lithothamnium" "sp. 2"" = Lithothamnion, ""Lithothamnium" "sp. 3"" = Lithothamnion, ""Lithothamnium" "sp. 1"" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium" ramosissimum, "Lithothamnium" praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, "Lithothamnium" microcellulosum, "Lithothamnium" cf. bourcarti, "Lithothamnium" disarmonicum, "Lithothamnium" saxorum, "Lithothamnium" aggregatum, "Lithothamnium" operculatum, "Lithothamnium" microphyllum, "Lithothamnium" gaschei, "Lithothamnium" macrosporangicum, "Lithothamnium" lacroixi, "Lithothamnium" montainvillense, "Lithothamnium" moreti, Mesophyllum galettoi, Mesophyllum vaughani, Mesophyllum ingestum, Mesophyllum koritzae, Mesophyllum rigidum, Mesophyllum obsitum, Mesophyllum laffittei
Jania ucrainica Maslov 1962
Corallina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Titanoderma nataliae Maslov 1956
"Lithophyllum duplex" = Titanoderma duplex Pisera and Studencki 1989
Lithophyllum albanense Lemoine 1924
Lithophyllum minimum Mastrorilli 1967
Lithophyllum kamptneri Mastrorilli 1967
"Lithophyllum mgarrense" = Lithophyllum nitorum Adey and Adey 1973
Lithophyllum simplex Lemoine 1927
Lithophyllum capederi Lemoine 1925
Lithophyllum bonyense Johnson 1964
Lithophyllum besalotos Johnson 1962
Lithophyllum cf. lateporatum Mastrorilli 1973
"Archaeolithothamnium keenani" = Sporolithon keenani Howe 1934
"Palaeothamnium archaeotypum" = Lithothamnion romosissimum Reuss 1847
""Lithothamnium" cf. fruticulosum" = Lithothamnion
""Lithothamnium" saipanese" = Lithothamnion
""Lithothamnium" "sp. 2"" = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
""Lithothamnium" "sp. 3"" = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
""Lithothamnium" "sp. 1"" = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
"Lithothamnium" moreti Lemoine 1927
Mesophyllum galettoi Mastrorilli 1967
Mesophyllum koritzae Lemoine 1924
Mesophyllum rigidum Mastrorilli 1967
Mesophyllum obsitum Airoldi 1932
Mesophyllum laffittei Lemoine 1939
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae