Jastrzebia, Grodziszcze Beds, Carpathians (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (49.9° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 28.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grodziszcze Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• Original age call Barremian to Early Aptian, but newer data, partly based on dinoflagellates, suggest rather Hauterivian-Barremian age (Ziaja, 1989). Barremian as compromise age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef fragments in flysch deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 1964. Hexacoralla des Couches de Grodziszcze (Neocomien, Carpathes) [Hexacorals from the Grodziszcze Beds (Neocomian, Carpathians)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 9(1):3-114 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67122: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.11.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
"Polytremacis edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata
"Polytremacis edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata Orbigny 1850
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina aff. subramosa" = Stylina inflata, "Heliocoenia carpathica n. sp." = Stylina inflata, Stylina esmuni, Stylina tubulifera, "Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis, Heliocoenia rozkowskae
"Stylina aff. subramosa" = Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral
"Heliocoenia carpathica n. sp." = Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral
Stylina esmuni Felix 1909 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
Heliocoenia rozkowskae Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora steinmanni Fritzsche 1924 stony coral
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Pentacoenia microtrema d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Holocystis bukowinensis Volz 1903 stony coral
"Orbignycoenia pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral
Cryptocoenia neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Adelocoenia biedai" = Cryptocoenia biedai Morycowa 1964 stony coral
"Adelocoenia annae" = Pseudocoenia annae Volz 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi n. sp. Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra digitata Koby 1896 stony coral
Eugyra pusilla Koby 1895 stony coral
subspecies rariseptata
Eugyra aff. interrupta de Fromentel 1868 stony coral
"Felixigyra sp." = Eugyra (Felixigyra) Prever 1909 stony coral
Felixigyra duncani Prever 1909 stony coral
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
"Myriophyllia lanckoronensis n. sp." = Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea aff. saltensis Alloiteau 1960 stony coral
listed as Clausastraea aff. saltensis
Clausastrea alloiteaui n. sp. Morycowa 1964 stony coral
listed as Clausastraea n. sp. alloiteaui
Dimorphocoenia sp. de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
sp. 1
Dimorphocoenia solomkoae Bendukidze 1961 stony coral
listed as Dimorphocoenia solomkoi
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Ellipsocoenia hemispherica" = Favia hemispherica, "Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata, Ksiazkiewiczia sp.1, Ksiazkiewiczia lanckoronensis n. gen. n. sp.1
"Ellipsocoenia hemispherica" = Favia hemispherica de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
"Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Ksiazkiewiczia sp.1 Morycowa 1976 stony coral
Ksiazkiewiczia lanckoronensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Morycowa 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Summigaraea concentrica stony coral
listed as Summigaraea
Meandraraea aff. gresslyi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Meandraraea (Michelinaraea) gresslyi Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Siderastrea cuyleri" = Eosiderastrea cuyleri
"Siderastrea cuyleri" = Eosiderastrea cuyleri Wells 1932 stony coral
listed as Siderastraea
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909 stony coral
listed as Latusastraea
Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862 stony coral
listed as Latusastraea
Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
listed as Latusastraea
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Diplocoeniella gerochi n. gen. n. sp.2 Morycowa 1997 stony coral
Diplocoeniella gerochi2 Morycowa 1997 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Stereocoenia triboleti" = Stereocaenia, Thamnasteria maeandra, Thamnasteria sinuosa n. sp., "Ahrdorffia punctata" = Mesomorpha punctata
"Stereocoenia triboleti" = Stereocaenia stony coral
listed as Sterocaenia
Thamnasteria maeandra Koby 1898 stony coral
Thamnasteria sinuosa n. sp. Morycowa 1964 stony coral
"Ahrdorffia punctata" = Mesomorpha punctata de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Cyathophora minima" = Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864 stony coral
Diplocoenia aff. coespitosa Etallon 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea minima" = Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857 stony coral
"Actinastrea cf. tendagurensis" = Stelidioseris tendagurensis Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Actinastrea cf. urgonensis Koby 1896 stony coral
Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp., "Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Ellipsocoenia lorioli Koby 1896 stony coral
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
sp. 1
Microphyllia acuta Solomko 1888 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral
Microphyllia thurmanni Etallon 1864 stony coral
"Ellipsocoenia regularis" = Ovalastrea regularis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral