Lower Buntsandstein A1-a Tumlin-Podgrodzie IG1 borehole Kielce (Triassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.8° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Buntsandstein Formation, Griesbachian (252.2 - 251.3 Ma)

• The following lithological complexes are distinguished within the Lower Buntsandstein: A0, A1 and B. The A1 complex is formed by reddisch brown, sandy and muddy deposits eith conglomerates and coarse sandstone at the bottom. In the top siltstones and mudstones with wavy sedimentary structures dominate.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone and mudstone

• The Holy Cross Mountains belonged to the costal zone of he Germanic basin during the Late Permian and Upper Triassic. Terefore some members of the Zechstein and Buntsandstein lithological sections are missing or reduced in comparison to the deeper part of the basin.
• The A1 complex is formed by reddisch brown, sandy and muddy deposits eith conglomerates and coarse sandstone at the bottom. In the top siltstones and mudstones with wavy sedimentary structures dominate.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Fijalkowska. 1994. Palynological aspects of the Permo-Triassic succession in the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Documenta Naturae 87:1-76 [C. Looy/C. Looy/C. Looy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24961: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 23.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Triadispora
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Endosporites
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Lunatisporites
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Lunatisporites noviaulensis
(Leschik) Scheuring 1970
Lunatisporites gracilis
(Jansonius) Fijalkowska 1994
Lunatisporites hexagonalis
(Jansonius) Scheuring 1970
Protohaploxypinus
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Protohaploxypinus samoilovichii
(Jansonius) Hart 1964
Protohaploxypinus pantii
(Jansonius) Orlowska-Zwolinska 1984
Protohaploxypinus sp. Samoilovitch 1953
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales -
Densoisporites playfordii clubmoss
(Balme) Dettman 1963
Densoisporites sp. Dettmann 1963 clubmoss
Falcisporites
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Falcisporites zapfei
(Potonie and Klaus) Leschik 1955
Cycadopites
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Cycadopites coxxi
Visscher 1966
Cycadopites follicularis Wilson and Webster 1946
Wilson and Webster 1946
Strotersporites
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Strotersporites richteri
(Klaus) Wilson 1962
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Platysaccus niger podocarp
Maedler 1964
Platysaccus papilionis podocarp
Potonie and Klaus 1954
Platysaccus sp. Naumova 1954 podocarp
Lycopsida
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Lycospora sp. Schopf et al. 1944
Klausipollenites
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Klausipollenites sp. Jansonius 1962
Sporites
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Sporites indet. Potonié 1893
 Life -
Veryhachium sp. Deunff 1954 acritarchs
Baltisphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1958 acritarchs
Guttatisporites
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Guttatisporites sp. Visscher 1966
Lundbladispora
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Lundbladispora brevicula
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Lundbladispora brevicula Balme 1963
Balme 1963
Cyclotriletes
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Cyclotriletes triassicus
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