Kostomłoty II quarry (Małe Górki), Kostomłoty, Holy Cross Mountains (Devonian of Poland)

Where: Poland (52.0° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° S, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Palmatolepis transitans conodont zone, Szydłówek Formation, Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• Palmatolepis transitans Zone (Racki and Bultynck 1993), and Ancyrodella africana - Ancyrodella pramosica level

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pyritic chert

• .... in the stagnant, deep−water, and oxygen−deficient Kostomłoty basin
• marly chert

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite

Primary reference: E. Jagt-Yazykova, M. Krawczyński,, and M. Rakociński. 2006. Molluscs from the Early Frasnian Goniatite Level at Kostomłoty in the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(4):707-718 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73157: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 05.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• see also:

•Racki, G., Piechota, A., Bond, D., and Wignall, P.B. 2004. Geochemical and ecological aspects of lower Frasnian pyrite−ammonoid level at Kostomłoty (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Geological Quarterly 48:267–282.

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•Niemczyk, M. 2003. Fauna mięczakowa dolnofrańskich warstw szydłóweckich północno−zachodniej części Gór Świętokrzyskich. 27 pp. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis. University of Silesia, Sosnowiec.

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•Więzik, M. 1987. Zespoły faunistyczne dewonu górnego okolic Kostomłotów (Góry Świętokrzyskie). 30 pp. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis. University of Silesia, Sosnowiec.

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Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae
Linguatornoceras sp.
Linguatornoceras sp. House 1965 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Koenenitidae
? Koenenites sp.
? Koenenites sp. Wedekind 1913 ammonite
 Agoniatitida - Acanthoclymeniidae
Acanthoclymenia sp.
Acanthoclymenia sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis aff. kayseri
Naticopsis aff. kayseri Holzapfel 1895 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Lahnospira taeniata
Lahnospira taeniata Goldfuss 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura (Bohemozyga) pyritica n. sp.
Palaeozygopleura (Bohemozyga) pyritica n. sp. Jagt-Yazykova et al. 2006 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Leptodesma sp.
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
? Metrocardia sp.
? Metrocardia sp. Kříž 2004 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
? Cabricardium sp.
? Cabricardium sp. Kříž 2004 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Buchiolidae
Glyptohallicardia ferruginea, Glyptohallicardia aff. conversa, Glyptohallicardia cf. palmata, Glyptohallicardia multicostata n. sp.
Glyptohallicardia ferruginea clam
Holzapfel 1895
Glyptohallicardia cf. palmata Goldfuss 1837 clam
Glyptohallicardia multicostata n. sp. Jagt-Yazykova et al. 2006 clam