Malogoszcz, Holy Cross Mountains (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.8° N, 20.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 26.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• Actinostreon shellbeds (Skorkow lumachelle), 6 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• extremely shallow
• Actinostreon shellbeds and oolite, corals occur scarcely aside the Actinostreon gardens on muddy bottom

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Radwanski and E. Roniewicz. 2005. Kolonie korali z muszlowcow ostrygowych i oolitow dolnego kimerydu Malogoszcza [Coral lumps in Early Kimmeridgian oyster shellbeds and oolites of Malogoszcz]. Tomy Jurajskie 3:97-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.01.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Potamilla sp.
Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Apiocrinitidae
Apiocrinites sp.
Apiocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Sellithyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella
"Sellithyris subsella" = Xestosina subsella Leymerie 1846
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Microeciella sp., Oncousoecia sp.
Microeciella sp. Taylor and Sequeiros 1982
Oncousoecia sp. Canu 1918
 Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp., Stomatopora dichotomoides
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
Stomatopora dichotomoides d'Orbigny 1850
 Cyclostomata - Multisparsidae
Reptoclausa radwanskii n. sp., Reptomultisparsa sp.
Reptoclausa radwanskii n. sp. Hara and Taylor 2009
Reptomultisparsa sp. d'Orbigny 1852
 Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
? Plagioecia rugosa, Hyporosopora radomensis
? Plagioecia rugosa d'Orbigny 1853
Hyporosopora radomensis Hara and Taylor 2009
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp.
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga inclusa
Lithophaga inclusa Phillips 1829 mussel
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon sp.
Actinostreon sp. Bayle 1878 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria gracilis
Thamnasteria gracilis Münster 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Complexastrea burgundiae, Dimorphocoenia sp.
Complexastrea burgundiae de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Dimorphocoenia sp. de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea caryophylloides
Ovalastrea caryophylloides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral