Baltow I, N Holy Cross Mountains, Coral Limestone (Jurassic of Poland)

Also known as Reef 3488

Where: Poland (51.0° N, 21.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 28.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Perisphinctes bifurcatus ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• early Late Oxfordian. Bifurcatus zone according to Gutowski, 1998.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral biostromes in a shallow environment

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz. 1966. Les Madreporaires du Jurassic superieur de la bordure des Monts de Sainte-Croix, Pologne [Upper Jurassic Scleractinia from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 11(2):157-264 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68365: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Allocoenia matheyi" = Actinastrea matheyi
"Allocoenia matheyi" = Actinastrea matheyi Koby 1885 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinaraea minuta n. sp., Actinaraea robusta
Actinaraea minuta n. sp. Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Actinaraea robusta Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum cylindratum
Epistreptophyllum cylindratum Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Comoseris baltovensis n. sp., Microsolena thurmanni, Microsolena agariciformis
Comoseris baltovensis n. sp. Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Microsolena thurmanni Koby 1887 stony coral
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea arachnoides
Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea crassa, Clausastrea parva, Thecosmilia dichotoma
Isastrea crassa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Clausastrea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia (Decaheliocoenia) variabilis, Heliocoenia (Hexaheliocoenia) stellata n. sp., "Pseudocoenia baltovensis n. sp." = Adelocoenia baltovensis, "Pseudocoenia ? novemseptata" = Adelocoenia novemseptata, "Pseudocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens, "Pseudocoenia fallax" = Adelocoenia fallax, Stylina stellata, Stylina decemradiata
Heliocoenia (Hexaheliocoenia) stellata n. sp. Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia baltovensis n. sp." = Adelocoenia baltovensis Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia ? novemseptata" = Adelocoenia novemseptata Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia fallax" = Adelocoenia fallax Becker 1875 stony coral
Stylina stellata Etallon 1862 stony coral
Stylina decemradiata Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
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"Fungiastraea ? multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
"Fungiastraea ? multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides Becker 1875