Swarzow 3 (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.2° N, 21.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 27.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Swarzow Limestone Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• 838-700 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• carbonate platform of the N margin of the Tethys Ocean (Peri-Tethys)
• coral-algal limestones; corals construct small but dense patches, constituting, perhaps, fragments of larger biostructures such as biostromes or bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 2012. Corals from the Tithonian carbonate complex in the Dabrowa Tarnowska-Szczucin area (Polish Carpathian Foreland). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 82:1-38 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133386: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• algae (green and red), sponges, bryozoans, brachiopods, echinoderms reported to be present, but not listed
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia octonaria, Stylosmilia corallina
Stylosmilia octonaria Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea bernensis, Complexastrea burgundiae
Isastrea bernensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
Complexastrea burgundiae de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Protoseris sp.
Protoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp., Calamophylliopsis cervina
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis cervina Etallon 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea gresslyi
Meandraraea gresslyi Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Microsolena exigua, "Microsolena ornata" = Dimorpharaea ornata
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
"Microsolena ornata" = Dimorpharaea ornata Koby 1887 stony coral