Arable fields surr. Korytnica, Holy Cross Mts.: Langhian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites vindobonarum Kuehn 1927
Roniewicz and Stolarski 1991 1 specimen
ssp. prima Kühn
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Palaeoplesiastraea inaequalis Chevalier 1961
Roniewicz and Stolarski 1991 3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
Roniewicz and Stolarski 1991 21 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Stylocora exilis
Roniewicz and Stolarski 1991 150 specimens
600 fragmentary branches from 4 localities
Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Roniewicz and Stolarski 1991 3 specimens
recombined as Solenastrea desmoulinsi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Acanthocyathus transilvanicus Reuss 1871
1 specimen
recombined as Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) transilvanicus
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 20.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 19.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Badenian, Korytnica Clays (upper part of NN5 and lower part of NN6 nannoplancton zones)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 732
Database number:38822
Authorizer:M. Aberhan, W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg, W. Kiessling
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-05-06 11:23:44 Last modified:2007-03-16 04:58:33
Access level:the public Released:2004-05-06 11:23:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10456.1% J. Stolarski. 1991. Miocene Scleractinia from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland; I, Caryophyliidae, Flabellidae, Dendrophyliidae, and Micrabaciidae. Acta Geologica Polonica 41(1-2):37-67 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]

Secondary references:

11699 E. Roniewicz and J. Stolarski. 1991. Miocene Scleractinia from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland; II, Archaecoeniina, Astraeina, and Fungiina. Acta Geologica Polonica 41(1-2):69-83 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]