Upper Podlasian of Strzelce IG-2 section (Silurian to of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.5° N, 21.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 57.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Monograptus angustidens graptolite zone, Pridoli to Pridoli (423.0 - 410.8 Ma)

• PJW: Was just Pridoli, but M. angustidens zone is basal Lochkovian.

Environment/lithology: marine; gray claystone

• "...grey claystones bearing a scarce and small fauna"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 13889: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus angustidens Pribyl 1940 graptolite
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
Scyphocrinites sp. Zenker 1833 Sea lily
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastella sp. Reed 1925 trilobite