A new ceratite record from Upper Silesia (Poland)

Authors

  • Mariusz Salamon Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Będzińska 60, PL-41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
  • Michael K. Eagle Geology Department, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019 Auckland, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Private Bag 92018 Auckland, New Zealand
  • Robert Niedźwiedzki Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 30, PL-50-205 Wrocław, Poland

Keywords:

Upper Silesia, Triassic, Muschelkalk, ceratites

Abstract

A new ceratite locality from Gołuchowice (Upper Silesia, Poland) is described. Ceratites from the spinosus group found there include Ceratites (Acanthoceratites) cf. praespinosus, found for the first time in Upper Silesia. Five ceratite zones are proposed for that region: pulcher, robustus, compressus, evolutus and spinosus. The taxonomic compositions of individual ceratite zones from Upper Silesia are almost identical to those of corresponding zones from the Holy Cross Mountains. However, ceratite zones in Poland show lower taxonomic diversity than their equivalents in Germany.

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Published

2010-03-27

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 3 (2003)

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