Tarnow Opolski, Poland, 1st cycle Colonisation-Diversification (Triassic of Poland)

Also known as Reef 65

Where: Poland (50.6° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Karchowice Beds Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Prostrate colonies of hexactinellids stabilizing bioclastic dunes

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Szulc. 2000. Middle Triassic evolution of the northern peri-Tethys area as influenced by early opening of the Tethys Ocean. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 70:1-48 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25129: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia szulci
Volzeia szulci Morycowa 1988 stony coral
Hexactinellida
 Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Silesiaspongia rimosa
Silesiaspongia rimosa Pisera and Bodzioch 1991 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Pileolitidae
Hexactinoderma sp., Hexactinoderma trammeri
Hexactinoderma sp. Pisera and Bodzioch 1991 glass sponge
Hexactinoderma trammeri Pisera and Bodzioch 1991 glass sponge