Holy Cross Mts. (Gory Swietokrzyskie) between Wisniowka and Backowice: Paibian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Eocrinoidea - Ascocystitida
Cambrocrinus regularis Orlowski 1968
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Finkelnburgiidae
Orusia cf. lenticularis (Wahlenberg 1821)
Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Olenus rarus
Protopeltura olenusorum
Protopeltura sp. Broegger 1882
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.9° North, 20.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° South, 104.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Furongian
Stage: Paibian 10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 5
Key time interval: Paibian Trilobite zone:  Olenus scanicus
Age range of interval: 497 - 494 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wisniowka Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: lower Upper Cambrian, Olenus Zone. PJW: Olenus zone in this region = Olenus scanicus zone. Changed from Furongian to Paibian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: thick-bedded very hard light-gray to blue sandstones and quartzites, intercalated with siltstones and siltstone and clay shales, about 400 m thick
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Holy Cross Mountains, Wisniowka Sandstone
Database number:72273
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-30 01:54:37 Last modified:2019-05-15 14:20:28
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-30 01:54:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24458.1% 15200S. Orlowski. 1975. Jednostki litostratygraficzne kambru i gornego prekambru Gor Swietokrzyskich [Cambrian and Upper Precambrian lithostratigraphic units in the Holy Cross Mountains]. Acta Geologica Polonica 25(3):431-448 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]