Mt. Lysa, Holy Cross Mts. (Miocene of Poland)

Also known as Reef 732

Where: Poland (50.7° N, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Badenian, Korytnica Clays (upper part of NN5 and lower part of NN6 nannoplancton zones)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; claystone and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Stolarski. 1991. Miocene Scleractinia from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland; I, Caryophyliidae, Flabellidae, Dendrophyliidae, and Micrabaciidae. Acta Geologica Polonica 41(1-2):37-67 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38818: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 06.05.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Stylocora exilis stony coral
600 fragmentary branches from 4 localities
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia praelonga Michelotti 1838 stony coral
and several fragments
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
juvenile forms
Dendrophyllia taurinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
fragmentary colonies
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea italica Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Peponocyathus duncani Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum roissyanum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus cupula stony coral
Paracyathus sp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
and several fragments
Ceratotrochus granulatus stony coral
437 specimens at his locality and Korytnica-Forest
"Tethocyathus microphyllus" = Trochocyathus microphyllus Reuss 1871 stony coral
"Tethocyathus velatus" = Trochocyathus stony coral
Polycyathus confertus stony coral
46 colonies (max. 4 corallites) at three localities, including this one