Baltow II, 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, oncoidal limestone

• oncoidal limestone, rich in corals and bivalves

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 68366: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Diceras sp. Lamarck 1805 rudist
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Cossmannea desvoidyi2 snail
subspecies baltovensis n. subsp.
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
 Heterostrophia -
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
 Cyclostomata - Multisparsidae
 Cyclostomata - Mecynoeciidae
 Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Oncousoecia sp.1 Canu 1918
 Cyclostomata - Fasciculiporidae
Echinoidea
 Echinoida -
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Allocoenia furcata" = Actinastrea furcata
"Allocoenia furcata" = Actinastrea furcata Étallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Puschastraea kamiennae n. gen. n. sp. Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Isastrea crassa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Clausastrea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Rhipidogyra flabellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Comoseris baltovensis Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Dermoseris ? delgadoi Koby 1905 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Cyathophora richardi" = Cyathophora bourgueti, "Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum
"Cyathophora richardi" = Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia (Decaheliocoenia) variabilis Étallon 1859 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
Stylina subornata d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Goniocora annulata Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia fallax" = Adelocoenia fallax Becker 1875 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia cf. radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis moreauana Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinaraea minuta Roniewicz 1966 stony coral