Stawy section, near Lagow: Hirnantian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Arthrorhachis sp. Hawle and Corda 1847
Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Raphiophorus sp. Angelin 1854
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Phillipsinella sp. Novak 1885
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Staurocephalus sp. Barrande 1846
Oedicybele sp. Whittington 1938
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Brongniartella sp. Reed 1918
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Hirnantia sagittifera (McCoy 1851)
157 specimens
Kinnella sp. Bergström 1968
? Hirnantia kielanae n. sp. Temple 1965
676 specimens
synonym of Kinnella medlicotti
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
? Bancroftina cf. bouceki (Havlicek 1950)
18 specimens
Dalmanella testudinaria (Dalman 1828)
200 specimens
original and current combination Orthis testudinaria
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Plectothyrella platystrophoides n. sp. Temple 1965
8 specimens
synonym of Atrypa crassicostis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eostropheodonta hirnantensis (M'Coy 1851)
44 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Paromalomena sp. Rong 1984
? Platymena polonica Temple 1965
54 specimens
synonym of Paromalomena macmahoni
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
? Philhedra stawyensis n. sp. Temple 1965
182 specimens
originally entered as "Philhedra? sp."
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
15 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea radiata (Troedsson 1918)
33 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 21.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.3° South, 73.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Late Ordovician
Stage: Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 5
*Epoch:Ashgill
Key time interval: Hirnantian
Age range of interval: 445.2 - 443.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zalesia
Stratigraphy comments: Probably Zalesia formation based on more recent work. (PJW)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous siltstone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: Calcareous siltstone
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Several systematic articles on brachiopods and trilobites.
Metadata
Also known as:Was: Hirnantian fauna, Holycross Mountains, Poland
Database number:2760
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-17 18:00:55 Last modified:2020-06-25 16:08:38
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-17 18:00:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

98. J. T. Temple. 1965. Upper Ordovician-Brachiopods from Poland and Britain. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 10:379-450 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/A. Clement]