Zbyczyce (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.7° N, 19.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 18.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

• clayey marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Hurcewicz. 1966. Siliceous sponges from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland, part 1: Tetraxonia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 11(1):15-129 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110120: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Calcarea
 Lithonida - Minchinellidae
Porosphaera globularis2 Phillips 1829 calcareous sponge
Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites convolutus1 Hinde 1883 glass sponge
Lepidospongia fragilis1 Schrammen 1902 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae
Coeloptychium deciminum1 Roemer 1841 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Choristida - Cephaloraphiditidae
Euleraphe incrustans1 Schrammen 1937 demosponge
 Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Propachastrella primaeva Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Ancorinida - Geodiidae
Geodia sp. Lamarck 1815 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
"Phalangium scytaliforme" = Schrammeniella scytaliforme, "Phalangium ramosum" = Schrammeniella, "Phalangium tubulifera" = Schrammeniella
"Phalangium scytaliforme" = Schrammeniella scytaliforme Schrammen 1910 demosponge
"Phalangium ramosum" = Schrammeniella demosponge
"Phalangium tubulifera" = Schrammeniella demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
Discodermia cf. galloprovincialis Moret 1925 demosponge
Eustrobilus callosus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Ragadinia rimosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Ragadinia foraminifera n. sp. Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge
Acrochordonia bifurcata n. sp. Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge
Acrochordonia cf. ramosa Schrammen 1901 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Phymaraphiniidae
Prokaliapsis clavata Hinde 1884 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Phymatella bulbosa Zittel 1878 demosponge
Phymatella irregularis Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge
"Myrmeciophytum verrucosum" = Phymoracia verrucosa Roemer 1864 demosponge
Siphonia tubulosa demosponge
Callopegma acaule Zittel 1878 demosponge
Thecosiphonia gracilis n. sp. Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Plinthosella squamosa Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Seliscothonidae
Seliscothon planum1 demosponge
Seliscothon verrucosum1 Schrammen 1924 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Verruculina reussi1 demosponge
Verruculina cf. damaecornis1 Roemer 1864 demosponge
Verruculina tenuis1 Roemer 1840 demosponge
Verruculina seriatopora1 Roemer 1841 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Jereicidae
Stichophyma turbinata1 Roemer 1840 demosponge
Jereica sp.1 Zittel 1878 demosponge
Jereica polystoma1 Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae
Coscinostoma fragilis1 Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Bolidium arbustum n. sp.1 Hurcewicz 1968 demosponge
Scytalia terebrata1 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Carterellidae
Pachycothon giganteum Roemer 1864 demosponge
 Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Brochodora roemeri Hinde 1884 demosponge
Brochodora ramusculus Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Brochodora latiramea n. sp. Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge
"Homalodora plana" = Homalodoriana plana Schrammen 1910 demosponge
Propleroma campanica n. sp. Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge
Heterostinia phytoniformis Hurcewicz 1966 demosponge
Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
Globotruncana arca2 Cushman 1926
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae