Bed 3, Ostrówka Hill railroad cut, Gałęzice, Holy Cross Mountains (Carboniferous of Poland)

Where: Swietokrzyskie, Poland (50.9° N, 20.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 19.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Carboniferous" Formation, Arundian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• D1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Dark-grey, organodetrial limestone, locally crinoidal, fine or medium-grained. In the thin section an organodetrial limestone with recrystalized matrix, with sporadic intraclasts.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Appears that most of the material comes from beds 3-4.

Primary reference: A. Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka. 1973. Visean gastropods from Gałęzice (Holy Cross Mts., Poland) and their stratigraphical value. Studia Geologica Polonica 41:1-53 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60116: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.05.2006, edited by Hallie Street

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Foraminifera, sponge spicules, bryozoans, brachiopoods, lamellibranchs, crinoids and other echinoderms present but not described here.
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira conica Phillips 1836 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
Portlockiella cf. elegans de Koninck 1881 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Gosseletina sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Gosseletina cf. nodosa Batten 1966 snail
"Scalitina cf. tabulata" = Baylea tabulata Phillips 1836 snail
Scalitina tabulata; separated because of small size
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
similar to M. striata
Mourlonia striata Sowerby 1815 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbinilopsis cf. inconspicuus de Koninck 1881 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) cf. kirkbyi" = Hypergonia kirkbyi
"Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) cf. kirkbyi" = Hypergonia kirkbyi Donald 1892 snail
given as S. (H.) sp., but separated only by size.
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) "sp. 1"" = Orthonychia, "Platyceras (Orthonychia) "sp. 2"" = Orthonychia
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) "sp. 1"" = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) "sp. 2"" = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) sigaretiformis" = Marmolatella sigaretiformis, "Naticopsis (Marmolatella) ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) sigaretiformis" = Marmolatella sigaretiformis de Koninck 1881 snail
"Naticopsis (Marmolatella) ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata Phillips 1836 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Turbonitella biserialis Phillips 1836 snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) variata" = Trachydoma variata
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) variata" = Trachydoma variata Phillips 1836 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) gracilis" = Naticopsis ableptis, "Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis, "Naticopsis (Naticopsis) costulata" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) planispira
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) gracilis" = Naticopsis ableptis Batten 1974 snail
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis de Koninck 1881 snail
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) costulata" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) consimilis de Koninck 1881 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
? Lepetopsis sp. Whitfield 1882
? Metoptoma sp. Phillips 1836