Lower Bostovian fauna at Bostow section (Devonian of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.9° N, 21.1° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° S, 56.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic, gray, calcareous siltstone and calcareous claystone

• "...grey and dary grey siltstones interstratified with claystones. The coarser siltstones are dolomitic to calcareous, and laminated..."

Collection methods: "The Bostow section is a compilation based on a borehole, Bowtow IG-1, and exposures either at the surface or below Quaternary deposits..."

Primary reference: H. Tomczyk, M. Pajchlowa, and E. Tomczykowa. 1977. Poland. In A. Martinsson (ed.), The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS Series A, No. 5) 65-83 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13878: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
Leptodesma sp. Hall 1883 oyster
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Arisaigia cf. postornata McLearn 1918 clam
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
"Shaleria ornatella" = Shaleria (Janiomya) ornatella Davidson 1871
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Orthida - Platyorthidae
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina lunata Sowerby 1839
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
 Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
 Beyrichicopida - Richinidae
Richina varia ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Podolites rugulosus" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa
"Podolites rugulosus" = Warburgella (Rugulites) rugulosa Alth 1874 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Acastella tiro trilobite
Acastella sp. Reed 1925 trilobite
Treveropyge ebbae trilobite
Genus name in quotes
Acastava sp. Richter 1954 trilobite
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily