PBDB Collection

Malogoszcz (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Malogoszcz, Poland (50.8° N, 20.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 26.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holy Cross Mountains Group, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• Small exposres in the cropland and in local trenches and pits on the slopes of Mt. Kosciolek

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• Pure limestones (primarily oolites) grading into marlstones, locally even into soft marls; limestones range from micritic through various biocalcarites to shell hash and/or pure ostreid coquinas

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: Echinoids only; Samples obtained in Malogoszcz , Poland

Primary reference: U. Radwanska. 1999. Lower Kimmeridgian echinoids of Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica 49(4):287-364 [M. Hopkins/S. Mahmood]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157213: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Shaun Mahmood on 09.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae	Polycyphus distinctus, Stomechinus gyratus Polycyphus distinctus sea urchin Stomechinus gyratus sea urchin
Pedinoida - Pedinidae	Pedina sublaevis Pedina sublaevis sea urchin
Holectypoida - Holectypidae	Holectypus corallinus Holectypus corallinus sea urchin
Irregularia - Clypeidae	Pygurus blumenbachi, Pygurus jurensis Pygurus blumenbachi sea urchin Pygurus jurensis sea urchin
Irregularia - Pygasteridae	Pygaster morrisi, Pygaster tenuis Pygaster morrisi sea urchin Pygaster tenuis sea urchin
Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae	Gymnocidaris agassizi, Pseudocidaris sactacruensis, Hemicidaris intermedia Gymnocidaris agassizi sea urchin Pseudocidaris sactacruensis sea urchin Hemicidaris intermedia Fleming 1828 sea urchin
Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae	Acrosalenia angularis, Pseudosalenia malogostiana n. sp. Acrosalenia angularis sea urchin Pseudosalenia malogostiana n. sp. Radwanska 1999 sea urchin
Calycina - Phymosomatidae	Phymosoma douvillei, Phymosoma supracorallinum Phymosoma douvillei sea urchin Phymosoma supracorallinum sea urchin
Calycina -	Trochotiara kongieli n. sp. Trochotiara kongieli n. sp. Radwanska 1999 sea urchin
Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae	Tetragramma pomeraniae Tetragramma pomeraniae sea urchin
Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae	Rhabdocidaris nobilis, Rhabdocidaris sp., Rhabdocidaris orbignyana Rhabdocidaris nobilis pencil urchin Rhabdocidaris sp. Desor 1855 pencil urchin Rhabdocidaris orbignyana Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin
Cidaroida - Polycidaridae	Paracidaris smithi Paracidaris smithi pencil urchin
Cidaroida -	Plegiocidaris crucifera Plegiocidaris crucifera Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin