Woźniki, exotic limestone block (Jurassic of Poland)

Also known as Wozniki

Where: Poland (49.9° N, 19.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 28.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• 3 x 4 m exotic block in the Hauterivian Grodziszcze Formation of the Sub-Silesian nappe, fossils occur in the central part of the block. Lower upper Tithonian on the basis of ammonites Pseudovirgatites scruposus, Parapallasiceras (Danubisphinctes) cf. serpens, Zaraiskites, and calpionellids Calpionella alpina, C. aff. elliptica, Crassicolaria intermedia, and Cr. parvula.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified reef rocks

• Stramberg-type limestone with corals, sponges, bryozoans, bivalves, brachiopods, crinoids, echinids, rare ammonoids and gastropods

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Marian Książkiewicz

Collection methods: peel or thin section

• Repository: Jagellonian University

Primary reference: D. Patrulius. 1966. Les décapodes du Tithonique inférieur de Woźniki (Carpates polonaises occidentales). Annales de la Société Géologique de Pologne 36(4):495-517 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64116: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.09.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
"Pithonoton bidentatum" = Goniodromites bidentatus Reuss 1858 crab
Pithonoton marginatum von Meyer 1842 crab
Pithonoton rusticum n. sp. Patrulius 1966 crab
"Pithonoton etalloni" = Cycloprosopon etalloni Gemmellaro 1869 crab
Eodromites grandis von Meyer 1857 crab
 Decapoda - Longodromitidae
Longodromites angustus Reuss 1858 crab
 Decapoda - Prosopidae
Laeviprosopon laeve von Meyer 1857 crab
 Decapoda - Lecythocaridae
Lecythocaris paradoxa von Meyer 1858 crab
ssp. strambergensis
 Decapoda - Nodoprosopidae
Nodoprosopon ornatum von Meyer 1857 crab
ssp. carpaticum
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Gastrosacus wetzleri Von Meyer 1851 decapod
Gastrosacus eminens Blaschke 1911 decapod
Gastrosacus meyeri Moericke 1889 decapod
 Decapoda - Paragalatheidae
"Galathea (Paragalathea) striata" = Mesogalathea striata, "Galathea (Paragalathea) ornatissima n. sp." = Paragalathea ornatissima
"Galathea (Paragalathea) striata" = Mesogalathea striata Remes 1895 decapod
"Galathea (Paragalathea) ornatissima n. sp." = Paragalathea ornatissima Patrulius 1966 decapod
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Opisthophyllidae
Pseudopisthophyllum woznikensis n. sp. Morycowa 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia dichotoma, "Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa, "Complexastraeopsis lobata n. gen." = Complexastrea seriata, Complexastrea carpathica n. sp., Montlivaltia sp.
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884 stony coral
"Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
"Complexastraeopsis lobata n. gen." = Complexastrea seriata Turnsek 1972 stony coral
Complexastrea carpathica n. sp. Morycowa 1974 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia orbignyi Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Bilaterocoenia hexaseptata n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
"Schizosmilia koniakensis" = Apocladophyllia koniakensis
"Schizosmilia koniakensis" = Apocladophyllia koniakensis Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Dimorpharaea koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea oculata Koby 1887 stony coral
Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
"Latiastraea sp." = Latiastrea Beauvais 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Calamophylliopsis cf. flabellata" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum
"Calamophylliopsis cf. flabellata" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria aff. concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral