Wietrznia Zone II (Devonian of Poland)

Where: Swietokrzyskie Voivodship, Poland (50.8° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 33.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. C. Sallan and M. I. Coates. 2010. End-Devonian extinction and a bottleneck in the early evolution of modern jawed vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(22):10131-10135 [D. Briggs/C. Whalen/C. Whalen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 226394: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 05.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Holodipterusus santacrucensis, Gyroplacosterus vialowi, Erromanosteus sp.
Placodermi
 Arthrodira - Coccosteidae
Plourdosteus sp., Plourdosteus grossi
Plourdosteus sp. Orvig 1951 armour-plated fish
Plourdosteus grossi Kulczycki 1957 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Pholidosteidae
Malerosteus gorizdroae
Malerosteus gorizdroae Kulczycki 1957 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Brachydeiridae
Oxyosteus sp., Brachydeirus scaber, Brachydeirus grandis
Oxyosteus sp. Jaeckel 1911 armour-plated fish
Brachydeirus scaber armour-plated fish
Brachydeirus grandis Gross 1932 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Selenosteidae
Pachyosteus bulla
Pachyosteus bulla Jaekel 1903 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Holonematidae
Deveonema obrucevi, Gyroplacosteus sp., Holonema sp., Holonema radiatum
Deveonema obrucevi Kulczycki 1957 armour-plated fish
Gyroplacosteus sp. Obrutschev 1930 armour-plated fish
Holonema sp. Newberry 1890 armour-plated fish
Holonema radiatum Obruchev 1932 armour-plated fish
 Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae
Eastmanosteus "new sp.", Eastmanosteus "sp. 2", Dinichthys sp.
Eastmanosteus "new sp." Obruchev 1964 armour-plated fish
Eastmanosteus "sp. 2" Obruchev 1964 armour-plated fish
Dinichthys sp. Newberry 1873 armour-plated fish
 Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae
Rhynchodus "sp. 1", Rhynchodus "sp. 2"
Rhynchodus "sp. 1" Newberry 1873 armour-plated fish
Rhynchodus "sp. 2" Newberry 1873 armour-plated fish
Osteichthyes
 Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae
Glyptolepis sp., "Holoptychius giganteus" = Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus
Glyptolepis sp. Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish
"Holoptychius giganteus" = Gyrolepis (Holoptychius) giganteus Agassiz 1843 lobe-finned fish
 Osteolepiformes - Eusthenopteridae
Eusthenopteron sp.
Eusthenopteron sp. Whiteaves 1881 lobe-finned fish
Coelacanthimorpha
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Diplocercides sp.
Diplocercides sp. lobe-finned fish
Osteichthyes
 Dipteriformes - Dipteridae
Conchodus elkneri, Dipterus murchisoni
Conchodus elkneri Gorisdro-Kulczycka 1950 lungfish
 Onychodontiformes - Onychodontidae
Onychodus jaekeli
Onychodus jaekeli lobe-finned fish
Actinopteri
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Moythomasia devonica