Busko-Spa 1: Badenian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Serpulida indet.
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
encrusting and erect forms
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Megathyris sp. (d'Orbigny 1847)
original and current combination Megathiris
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides sp. Blainville 1825
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoidae indet. Gray 1847
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
unclassified
Foraminifera indet. Eichwald 1830
Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina radiata
Nummulitidae
Heterostegina costata
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Mesophyllaceae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnium sp. Philippi
replaced by Lithothamnion
algal rhodoliths (calcareous red algal colony)
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
algal rhodoliths
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Porolithon sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.5° North, 20.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.8° North, 19.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Badenian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Badenian (Middle Miocene), from the algal-detrital limestone unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:oncoidal,shelly/skeletal lithified rudstone
Secondary lithology:intraclastic marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: From description, appears to be shelly oncoidal rudstone with abundant rhodoliths
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:37370
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-03-14 11:29:29 Last modified:2019-08-07 19:43:58
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-14 11:29:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10024. W. Studencki. 1979. Sedimentation of algal limestones from Busko-Spa environs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 27:155-165 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]