Pieniny Klippen Belt, Saccocoma (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (49.4° N, 19.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 28.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rogoża Coquina Member, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: red limestone

• most likely pelagic lifestyle of Saccocoma
• blocks of red shelly limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Part of the material was originally collected and sorted by A. Pisera and J. Dzik in late 1970s, more was picked by the author in 2003 at the same locality.

Primary reference: M. Brodacki. 2006. Functional anatomy and mode of life of the latest Jurassic crinoid Saccocoma. 51(2):261-270 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 211796: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 28.07.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae
Saccocoma tenella Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily
Saccocoma vernioryi Manni and Nicosia 1984 Sea lily
Saccocoma aff. vernioryi Manni and Nicosia 1984 Sea lily