Ogrodzieniec, bed 17 (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.5° N, 19.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 26.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cordatum ammonoid zone, Jasna Gora Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified marl

• below wave base, water depth 150-200 m
• marl and marly limestones with ammonites, sponges, brachiopods

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Trammer. 1982. Lower to Middle Oxfordian sponges of the Polish Jura. Acta Geologica Polonica 32:1-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114277: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae
Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge