Also known as Grabinopsis guerichi association

Where: Poland (50.9° N, 20.6° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 33.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Sitkowka Member (Kowala Formation), Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: THICKNESS: From upper Sitkowka beds of the Kowala Formation, higher in regional section than the Kadzielnia Mbr and PBDB Coll.# 62174. AGE: Middle Frasnian according to Fig. 2 of Krawczynski (2002). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near top of set B, upper part of Grabina section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: W. Krawczynski (1995-2000), Racki (1976-1994), Gürich (1896). REPOSITORY: ZPAL (Polish Akademy of Science, Warsaw), MGUWr (Geological Museum of the Institute of Geological Sciences of Wroclaw University), GIUS (Faculty of Earth Sciences of Silesian University, Sosnoweic.

Primary reference: M. Krawczyński. 2002. Frasnian gastropod synecology and bio-events in the Dyminy reef complex of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(2):267-288 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62175: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.07.2006, edited by Pete Wagner

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