Tarnow Opolski, Opole (Triassic to of Poland)

Also known as Reef 65

Where: Poland (50.6° N, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 23.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Karchowice Formation (Muschelkalk Group), Pelsonian to Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Lower Muschelkalk Subgroup

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Beige, indistingtly statified limestones with small bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Contains only corals from top. Bioherme with abundant siliceous sponges at base

Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 1988. Middle Triassic scleractinia from the Cracow-Silesia region, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 33:91-121 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34730: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.09.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia szulci n. sp. Morycowa 1988 stony coral