Diversity of vertebrate remains from the Lower Gogolin Beds (Anisian) of southern Poland

• Autorzy: Antczak Mateusz , Ruciński Maciej , Stachacz Michał , Matysik Michał , Król Jan J.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.14241/asgp.2020.22

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) limestones and dolostones of southern Poland contain vertebrate remains, which can be used for palaeoecological and palaeogeographical analyses. The results presented concern vertebrate remains uncovered at four localities in Upper Silesia and one on Opole Silesia, a region representing the south-eastern margin of the Germanic Basin in Middle Triassic times. The most abundant remains in this assemblage are fish remains, comprising mostly actinopterygian teeth and scales. Chondrichthyan and sauropsid remains are less common. Reptilian finds include vertebrae, teeth and fragments of long bones, belonging to aquatic or semi-aquatic reptiles, such as nothosaurids, pachypleusorosaurids, and ichthyosaurids. Also, coprolites of possibly durophagous and predacious reptiles occur. In the stratigraphic column of Mikołów, actinopterygian remains are the most numerous and no distinct changes of the taxonomic composition occur. Although this assemblage differs from those described at other localities (Ząbkowice with numerous chondrichthyans, Żyglin, and Płaza with common sauropsid fossils), sampling bias has to be considered.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Chondrichthyes; Actinopterygii; Reptilia; fossil vertebrate; tempestite; coprolite; Middle Triassic

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Geologiczne
• Czasopismo: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 90, No. 4
• Strony: 419--433
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 95 poz., fot., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Antczak Mateusz

• University of Opole, Institute of Biology, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole

autor

Ruciński Maciej

• NOVA University Lisbon, NOVA School of Science and Technology, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal

autor

Stachacz Michał

• Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, Gronostajowa 3a, 30-387 Kraków, Poland

autor

Matysik Michał

• Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, Gronostajowa 3a, 30-387 Kraków, Poland

autor

Król Jan J.

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Geology, Krygowskiego 12, 61-680 Poznań, Poland

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