Beds 3-4, Besóweczka Hill, Gałęzice, Holy Cross Mountains (Carboniferous of Poland)

Where: Swietokrzyskie, Poland (50.9° N, 20.4° E: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 19.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: "Carboniferous" Formation, Arundian (345.0 - 342.8 Ma)

• D1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Light-grey limestone, mostly crinoidal limestone. In thin section, a fine crystalline limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Appears that most of the material comes from beds 3-4.

Primary reference: A. Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka. 1973. Visean gastropods from Gałęzice (Holy Cross Mts., Poland) and their stratigraphical value. Studia Geologica Polonica 41:1-53 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60115: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Foraminifera, sponge spicules, bryozoans, brachiopoods, lamellibranchs, crinoids and other echinoderms present but not described here.
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
"Palaeozygopleura scalarioidea" = Palaeozygopleura scalaroides
"Palaeozygopleura scalarioidea" = Palaeozygopleura scalaroides Phillips 1836 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Tropidostropha sp., "Scalitina cf. tabulata" = Baylea tabulata, "Trepospira (Angyomphalus) radians" = Angyomphalus radians, Rhineoderma cf. gemmuliferum, Mourlonia striata
Tropidostropha sp. Longstaff 1912 snail
similar to T. griffithi, but it does differ by a species-level character
"Scalitina cf. tabulata" = Baylea tabulata Phillips 1836 snail
"Trepospira (Angyomphalus) radians" = Angyomphalus radians de Koninck 1843 snail
Rhineoderma cf. gemmuliferum Phillips 1836 snail
Mourlonia striata Sowerby 1815 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
"Porcellia woodwardi" = Martinidiscus woodwardii
"Porcellia woodwardi" = Martinidiscus woodwardii Martin 1809 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira conica Phillips 1836 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Turbonitella biserialis Phillips 1836 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Straparollus (Straparollus) placidus" = Straparella placidus de Koninck 1881 snail
Turbinilopsis cf. hoeninghausianus de Koninck 1843 snail
Turbinilopsis cf. inconspicuus de Koninck 1881 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) catillus" = Euomphalus catillus Martin 1793 snail
Straparollus (Euomphalus) cf. catilliformis de Koninck 1881 snail
S. (E.) sp. in text, but said to be very similar to S. (E.) catilliformis except for size.
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) explanatus" = Straparollus (Straparollus) explanatus de Koninck 1881 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus rotulus Meek and Worthen 1867 snail
Anomphalus cf. umbilicoliratus Batten 1966 snail
Anomphalus sp.; lacks umbilicus but upper part the same.
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyschisma cf. helicoides Sowerby 1826 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Loxonema cf. acuminatum" = Palaeostylus acuminatus
"Loxonema cf. acuminatum" = Palaeostylus acuminatus Goldfuss 1832 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae