Kattowitz (Carboniferous of Poland)

Also known as Katowice

Where: Poland (50.3° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 0.9° N, 22.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Assumed to be early Westphalian A, the typical age of arthropod-bearing coal beds in later papers

Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified, nodular, sideritic mudstone

• Lithology the same as Mazon Creek, so I have assumed a similar environment

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by A. von Schwerin

• Repository: Museum of Universität Breslau

Primary reference: F. Roemer. 1866. Protolycosa anthracophila, eine fossile Spinne aus dem Steinkohlengebirge Oberschlesiens. Neues Jahresbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1866:136-143 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147006: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Araneae - Arthrolycosidae
Protolycosa anthracophila n. gen. n. sp.
Protolycosa anthracophila n. gen. n. sp. Roemer 1866 spider