Gora Cmentarna, 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 bordered by coral-rich biostromes

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Nowinski. 1992. Tabulate corals from the Givetian and Frasnian of the Holy Cross Mountains and Silesian Upland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 37:183-216 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83079: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2008, edited by Loic Villier

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae
Albertechinus devonicus
Albertechinus devonicus Boczarowski 2001 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites "sp. A"
Pachyfavosites "sp. A" Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites obtortus, Crassialveolites multiperforatus, Crassialveolites crassus
Alveolites obtortus tabulate coral
Crassialveolites crassus tabulate coral