Lower Bostovian fauna of Ciepielow IG-1 section (Devonian of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.3° N, 21.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.8° N, 30.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bostów Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray claystone

• "...section...represents, within the transition series between the Silurian and Devonian, deeper water deposits than those from the Bostow section...grey laminated claystones with a sparse fauna..."

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: H. Tomczyk, M. Pajchlowa, and E. Tomczykowa. 1977. Poland. In A. Martinsson (ed.), The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS Series A, No. 5) 65-83 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13881: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.04.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Scolecodonta indet., Carinokloedinia alata, Kloedinia sp.
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Cryptograptidae
Linograptus sp.
Linograptus sp. graptolite
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp.
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastella sp., Acastella heberti
Acastella sp. Reed 1925 trilobite
Acastella heberti Gosselet 1880 trilobite
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet.
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Lingulodiscina sp.
Lingulodiscina sp. Whitfield 1890
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina -
Murchisonioidea indet.
Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp., Nuculites unisulcus
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Arisaigia insignis
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Grammysia sp.
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulacardium cf. undulatum, Lunulacardium sp., Pterochaenia cf. chelmiensis
Lunulacardium sp. Münster 1840 clam
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam