Kostomloty quarry - sample 11 [Kowala Fm] (Devonian of Poland)

Where: Kostomloty, Poland (50.9° N, 20.6° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° S, 31.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kowala Formation, Late/Upper Frasnian (379.5 - 376.1 Ma)

• AGE: late Frasnian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: from sample 11, below the Frasnian-Famennian boundary.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone and lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Open marine fore-shoal environments.
• LITHOLOGY: Wackestones and packstones rich in bioclasts. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTORS: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but possibly housed at the State Geological Institute in Warsaw (PIG).

Primary reference: J.-G. Casier, X. Devleeschouwer, F. Lethiers, A. Preat, and G. Racki. 2000. Ostracods and sedimentology of the Frasnian-Famennian boundary beds in the Kostomloty section (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 70:53-74 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162220: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ostracods; other taxa mentioned, but not specified. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with apparently modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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unclassified
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Micronewsomites natus
Ostracoda
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Aparchites sp.
 Leperditellocopida - Graviidae
Selebratina sp.
 Platycopida - Coelonellidae
Coelonella crassa
 Podocopida -
Healdiacypris "sp. A"
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdianella sp., Healdianella "sp. B", Healdianella alba
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Orthocypris parilis
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia supina, Acratia supinaeformis, Acratia evlanensis, Acratia silincula, Acratia nevadaensis, Acratia "sp. A", Acratia "sp. C"
Acratia "sp. A" Delo 1930 ostracod
Acratia "sp. C" Delo 1930 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdiacypris sobiekurowiensis, Bairdiacypris "sp. A.", Bairdiacypris martinae, Bairdiacypris cf. irregularis, Bairdia sanctacrucensis, Bairdia "sp. C", Bairdia "sp. B", Bairdia "sp. A"
Bairdiacypris "sp. A." Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. C" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. B" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. A" M'Coy 1844 ostracod