Ocieseki Sandstone Formation - Orlowski 1985 (Cambrian of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.0° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 108.8° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Holmia - Protolenus zone, Ocieseki Sandstone Formation, Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Was Tommotian-Atdabanian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray sandstone

• Sandstones containing the fossils were deposited along the south-western margin of the Precambrian European platform.
• gray and olive colored sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: S. Orlowski. 1985. A trilobite with North American affinity in the Lower Cambrian of Poland. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):975-978 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7905: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 06.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomic list includes generic identification for trilobites, brachiopods, hyolithids, and gastropods which were found in the sequence, but not identified past phylum or class.
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida -
Hyolithida indet.
Hyolithida indet. Mathew 1962
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae
Ellipsocephalus sanctacrucensis
 Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Kjerulfia orcina, Schmidtiellus panowi, Holmia kjerulf
Holmia kjerulf trilobite
  - Atopidae
Atops granulatus n. sp.
Atops granulatus n. sp. trilobite
Artiopoda
 Aglaspidida - Paleomeridae
Paleomerus makowskii
 Ichnofossils -
Rusophycus sp., Cruziana sp.
Rusophycus sp. Hall 1852
Cruziana sp. d'Orbigny 1842