Coelacanths (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the Famennian (Upper Devonian) of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

• Autorzy: Szrek P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Coelacanth fishes from the Upper Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, are described. The material consists of isolated incomplete lower jaws, gular plates, an entopterygoid and urohyal. The isolated lower jaws belong to Diplocercides kayseri (VON KOENEN, 1895). The other coelacanth remains are referred to Diplocercides sp. indet. All specimens are Famennian in age (Early Palmatolepis rhomboidea conodont Zone), representing a time when almost all of the Holy Cross Mountains carbonate platform was drowned. Because of the shallow-water living conditions preferred by the group it is assumed that these coelacanths were restricted to isolated, small submarine swells, which still existed in that region in the latest Devonian, and that their carcasses were then subjected to post-mortem transport into the deeper areas.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Actinistia; Coelacanths; Famennian; Holy Cross Mountains; Late Devonian; palaeoenvironment

PL

Actinistia; Coelacanths; dewon; famen; Góry Świętokrzyskie; paleoekologia

• Wydawca: Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw ; Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN
• Czasopismo: Acta Geologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: Vol. 57, no. 4
• Strony: 403--413
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 33 poz.,Fot., rys.,

Twórcy

autor

Szrek P.

• Institute of Geology, Warsaw University, Żwirki i Wigury 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa,

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