Kadzielnia, unit A, Kadzielnia Mound (Devonian of Poland)

Also known as Reef 1556

Where: Poland (50.8° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° S, 35.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kadzielnia Member (Kowala Formation), Early/Lower Frasnian (383.7 - 382.4 Ma)

• Lower Frasnian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Kadzielnia-type coral-stromatoporoid mounds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Wrzolek. 1992. Rugose corals from the Devonian Kowala Formation of the Holy Cross Mountains. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 37(2-4):217-254 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82907: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.08.2008, edited by Loic Villier and Briony Mamo

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae
Albertechinus devonicus1 Boczarowski 2001 sea urchin
Lepidechinoides sp.1 Olsson 1912 sea urchin
Crinoidea
  - Stenocrinidae
Calleocrinus bicostatus n. sp.3 Gluchowski 1993 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Uncinulidae
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.6 King 1850
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Scutellum mariae n. sp.2 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites complanatus5 tabulate coral
Alveolites parvus5 tabulate coral
Alveolites suborbicularis5 Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Alveolites tenuissimus5 Lecompte 1933 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma ponderosum4 stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma bifarium4 stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma crassepilatum4 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cooperi4 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora undata4 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stictostroma sociale4 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella mudlakensis4 stromatoporoid sponge