Swarzow 4 (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.2° N, 21.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 27.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Swarzow Limestone Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• 770-640 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• carbonate platform of the N margin of the Tethys Ocean (Peri-Tethys)
• coral-algal limestones; corals construct small but dense patches, constituting, perhaps, fragments of larger biostructures such as biostromes or bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 2012. Corals from the Tithonian carbonate complex in the Dabrowa Tarnowska-Szczucin area (Polish Carpathian Foreland). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 82:1-38 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133384: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.09.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• algae (green and red), sponges, bryozoans, brachiopods, echinoderms reported to be present, but not listed
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia dichotoma, Clausastrea sp., Isastrea bernensis, Complexastrea dabroviensis n. sp., Complexastrea burgundiae, Montlivaltia sp.
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884 stony coral
Clausastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral
Complexastrea dabroviensis n. sp. Morycowa 2012 stony coral
Complexastrea burgundiae de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia rastellina
Myriophyllia rastellina Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia octonaria, Stylina tubulifera, "Pseudocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis, Enallhelia tubulosa, Heliocoenia humberti
Stylosmilia octonaria Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Enallhelia tubulosa Becker 1875 stony coral
Heliocoenia humberti Etallon 1858 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena agariciformis
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea gresslyi
Meandraraea gresslyi Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia sp.
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria concinna
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Placogyra hykeli" = Psammogyra hykeli, "Ironella giseldonensis" = Starostinia giseldonensis
"Placogyra hykeli" = Psammogyra hykeli Eliasova 1973 stony coral
"Ironella giseldonensis" = Starostinia giseldonensis Krasnov and Starostina 1970 stony coral