Reef core, Grobie, Holy Cross Mts., Poland: Badenian, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Celleporidae
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Cellepora sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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| End reef builders | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Sphenia anatina
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Jouannetia semicaudata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Acanthocardia paucicostata
Sowerby 1834
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus crassicosta
Lamarck 1819
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Macrochlamis latissima
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| Chlamys (Macrochlamis) latissima nodosiformis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia ephippium
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia barbata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris deshayesi
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rare category | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora graeca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Porcellanidae
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Petrolisthes haydni
Müller 1984
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Cancridae
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Cancer cf. styriacus
Bittner 1884
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dairidae
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Daira speciosa
Reuss 1871
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Panopeidae
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Panopeus wronai
Muller 1984
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Xanthidae
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Chlorodiella mediterranea
(Lorenthey 1929)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dynomenidae
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Dynomene emiliae
Muller 1978
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea sp.
(Blainville 1830)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites collegniana
Michelin 1842
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora reussiana
Montanaro-Gallitelli and Tacoli 1951
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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| massive | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heliastraeidae
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? Heliastrea sp.
Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Lithophyllum sp.
Philippi 1837
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Geography
| Country: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.5° North, 20.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.8° North, 19.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene |
| *International age/stage: | Langhian | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Badenian |
| Key time interval: | Badenian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82 - 12.8 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pinczow | Member: | Sublithothamnium Level |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified framestone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified rudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Coral patch-reef, a few meters thick and some tens of meters across | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Focusing on decapods but other organisms also indicated | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Except for corals only fossils found by the author are included in list | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3227 | ||
| Database number: | 32515 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-07-08 04:18:02 | Last modified: | 2003-07-08 07:48:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-08 04:18:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8714. | M. Gorka. 2002. The Lower Badenian (Middle Miocene) coral patch reef at Grobie (southern slopes of the Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland), its origin, development and demise. Acta Geologica Polonica 52(4):521-534 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |