Trzemesna, Grodziszcze Beds, Carpathians (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (49.9° N, 21.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° N, 29.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grodziszcze Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• Original age call Barremian to Early Aptian, but newer data, partly based on dinoflagellates, suggest rather Hauterivian-Barremian age (Ziaja, 1989). Barremian as compromise age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified conglomerate

• reef fragments in flysch deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 1964. Hexacoralla des Couches de Grodziszcze (Neocomien, Carpathes) [Hexacorals from the Grodziszcze Beds (Neocomian, Carpathians)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 9(1):3-114 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67123: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.11.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Cyathophora minima" = Etallonasteria minima
"Cyathophora minima" = Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral
listed as Actinastraea pseudominima
Actinastrea cf. urgonensis Koby 1896 stony coral
"Actinastrea minima" = Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857 stony coral
listed as Actinastraea minima
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Siderastrea cuyleri" = Eosiderastrea cuyleri
"Siderastrea cuyleri" = Eosiderastrea cuyleri Wells 1932 stony coral
listed as Siderastraea
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea (Michelinaraea) gresslyi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Meandrophyllia aff. lotharinga Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra pusilla, "Myriophyllia lanckoronensis" = Eugyra lanckoronensis, "Felixigyra sp." = Eugyra (Felixigyra), Felixigyra duncani, "Felixigyra taramelli" = Felixigyra deangelisi
Eugyra pusilla Koby 1895 stony coral
subspecies rariseptata
"Myriophyllia lanckoronensis" = Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral
"Felixigyra sp." = Eugyra (Felixigyra) Prever 1909 stony coral
Felixigyra duncani Prever 1909 stony coral
"Felixigyra taramelli" = Felixigyra deangelisi Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea alloiteaui Morycowa 1964 stony coral
listed as Clausastraea alloiteaui
Clausastrea aff. saltensis Alloiteau 1960 stony coral
listed as Clausastraea aff. saltensis
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata
"Ellipsocoenia turbinata" = Favia turbinata Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Diplocoeniella gerochi Morycowa 1997 stony coral
Diplocoeniella gerochi Morycowa 1997 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
listed as Latusastraea
Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862 stony coral
listed as Latusastraea
Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909 stony coral
listed as Latusastraea
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dermoseris sp., "Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
Dermoseris sp. Koby 1887 stony coral
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Latiastraea sp." = Latiastrea Beauvais 1964 stony coral
"Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Ellipsocoenia lorioli Koby 1896 stony coral
Ellipsocoenia carpathica n. sp. Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
sp. 1
Microphyllia acuta Solomko 1888 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral
"Ellipsocoenia regularis" = Ovalastrea regularis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Adelocoenia annae" = Pseudocoenia annae, "Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella, Cyathophora steinmanni, Holocystis bukowinensis, Pentacoenia elegantula, "Orbignycoenia pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei, "Adelocoenia biedai n. sp." = Cryptocoenia biedai
"Adelocoenia annae" = Pseudocoenia annae Volz 1903 stony coral
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Cyathophora steinmanni Fritzsche 1924 stony coral
Holocystis bukowinensis Volz 1903 stony coral
Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Orbignycoenia pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral
"Adelocoenia biedai n. sp." = Cryptocoenia biedai Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina clava stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
Stylina esmuni Felix 1909 stony coral
"Heliocoenia carpathica" = Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
Heliocoenia rozkowskae n. sp. Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Ahrdorffia excavata" = Mesomorpha excavata, "Ahrdorffia punctata" = Mesomorpha punctata, "Stereocoenia triboleti" = Stereocaenia
"Ahrdorffia excavata" = Mesomorpha excavata d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Ahrdorffia punctata" = Mesomorpha punctata de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
"Stereocoenia triboleti" = Stereocaenia stony coral
listed as Sterocaenia