Mt. Giewont, High-Tatra: Early/Lower Aptian, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Diplocoenia sp.
Fromentel 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinacididae
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Actinacis remesi
Felix 1903
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Eugyridae
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Felixigyra sp.
Prever 1909
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2 specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Eugyra (Felixigyra) | ||||||||||
Felixigyra duncani
Prever 1909
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Clausastrea cf. alloiteaui
Morycowa 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
listed as Clausastraea cf. alloiteaui | ||||||||||
Clausastrea aff. saltensis
Alloiteau 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
listed as Clausastraea aff. saltensis | ||||||||||
Montlivaltia cf. incerta
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Montlivaltia sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Trigerastrea sp.
(Alloiteau 1951)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= "Trigerastraea" sp.
Alloiteau 1951
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Kiessling 2008 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cyathophoridae
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Pentacoenia pulchella
d'Orbigny 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Cyathophora pulchella | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Amphiastrea sp.
Etallon 1859
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Amphiastrea basaltiformis
Etallon 1859
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1 specimen | |||||||||
subspecies tatrensis | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 19.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 29.1° North, 28.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 125.45000 - 122.46000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wysoka Turnia Limestone | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: ?Late Barremian-Early Aptian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: reef breccia | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 69200 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-02-21 04:52:47 | Last modified: | 2007-02-21 07:02:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-21 04:52:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19948. | E. Morycowa and J. Lefeld. 1966. Les madreporaires des calcaires urgoniens de la serie haut-tatrique dans la Tatra Polonaise [Corals from the Urgonian Limestones of the Polish Tatra Mountains]. Annales de la Societe Geologique de Pologne 36(4):519-542 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
26431 | W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] | |
19949 | J. P. Masse and A. Uchman. 1997. New biostratigraphic data on the Early Cretaceous platform carbonates of the Tatra Mountains, Western Carpathians, Poland. Cretaceous Research 18:713-729 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |