Niegowonice, Transversarium Zone, Polish Jura (Jurassic of Poland)

Also known as Reef 3438

Where: Poland (50.4° N, 19.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 26.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Transversarium Zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• "rigid" bioherm
• massive limestones with marly streaks and internal sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sponges only; ammonites and brachiopods reported to be present, but not listed

Primary reference: J. Trammer. 1989. Middle to Upper Oxfordian sponges of the Polish Jura. Acta Geologica Polonica 39(1-4):49-91 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60811: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
"Craticularia paradoxa" = Laocoetis paradoxa, Craticularia paralella
"Craticularia paradoxa" = Laocoetis paradoxa Münster 1833 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Trochobolus texatus Goldfuss 1833 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
"Placotelia rugatum" = Discophyma
"Placotelia rugatum" = Discophyma glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Paracypellia prolifera Zittel 1878 glass sponge
 Hexasterophora -
Hexactinosa indet. Schrammen 1903 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata, "Tremadictyon radicatum" = Cribrospongia
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Tremadictyon radicatum" = Cribrospongia glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Ordinatus texturatus Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida -
Rhizomorina indet. Zittel 1895 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Jereica sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge