Stare Gliny, Olkusz, Silesia, Poland (Triassic of Poland)

Also known as Reef 525

Where: Poland (50.3° N, 19.6° E: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 24.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Diplora Dolomite Member (Middle Muschelkalk Formation), Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, dolomitic 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 34731: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.09.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Eckastraeidae
Eckastraea prisca n. gen.
Eckastraea prisca n. gen. Weissermel 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae
Silesiastraea weissermeli
Silesiastraea weissermeli Morycowa 1988 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris silesiaca
Pamiroseris silesiaca Beyrich 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae
Cyathocoenia sp.
Cyathocoenia sp. Duncan 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
"Coelocoenia cf. decipiens" = Koilocoenia decipiens
"Coelocoenia cf. decipiens" = Koilocoenia decipiens Laube 1865 stony coral