Wysoka, Antecedens Subzone, Polish Jura (Jurassic of Poland)

Also known as Reef 3438

Where: Poland (50.4° N, 19.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 26.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Plicatilis Zone, Antecedens Subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• biostrome
• sponge-bearing crumpled limestone within platy limestones; platy limestone with sponges and stromatolites

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sponges only; ammonites and brachiopods reported to be present, but not listed

Primary reference: J. Trammer. 1989. Middle to Upper Oxfordian sponges of the Polish Jura. Acta Geologica Polonica 39(1-4):49-91 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60810: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae
Leiodorella sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
"Cnemidiastrum rimulosum" = Cnemopeltia (Cnemopeltia) rimulosum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Cnemidiastrum stellatum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
Hyalotragos pezizoides Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
Cylindrophyma milleporata Goldfuss 1826 demosponge
Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pycnocalyptra aff. calyx Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa -
Lychniscosa indet. Schrammen 1903 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Coscinaulus aff. micropora Schrammen 1937 glass sponge
 Hexasterophora -
Hexactinosa indet. Schrammen 1903 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Ramispongia ramosa Quenstedt 1877 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa, "Tremadictyon radicatum" = Cribrospongia, "Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia
"Walcotella pertusa" = Keuppiella pertusa Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Tremadictyon radicatum" = Cribrospongia glass sponge
"Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia d'Orbigny 1849 glass sponge