Ophiuroids from the Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) of Sadowa Góra, Jaworzno (southern Poland)

Authors

  • Dawid Surmik University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Natural Sciences Institute of Earth Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-9592
  • Mariusz A. Salamon University of Silesia in Katowice Faculty of Natural Sciences Institute of Earth Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9399-2798
  • Agnieszka Chećko GEOsfera Ecological Education Center, Town Hall of Jaworzno
  • Karolina Kędroń GEOsfera Ecological Education Center, Town Hall of Jaworzno

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7494/geol.2020.46.2.175

Keywords:

Middle Triassic, Muschelkalk, ophiuroids, Poland.

Abstract

Ophiuroids belonging to Aspiduriella sp., Aspiduriella similis (Eck), and Arenorbis sp. are described from the Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) strata of the Sadowa Góra Quarry (Jaworzno) in southern Poland. This is the only Polish location where three taxa of these ophiuroids have been found in one stratigraphic horizon (1st Wellenkalk). To date, only single taxa have been found in the Triassic sections of the eastern part of the Germanic Basin. Finally, other ophiuroid mass aggregations also known from Poland are presented.

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2020-10-16

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Surmik, D., Salamon, M. A., Chećko, A., & Kędroń, K. (2020). Ophiuroids from the Middle Triassic (Muschelkalk) of Sadowa Góra, Jaworzno (southern Poland). Geology, Geophysics and Environment, 46(2), 175. https://doi.org/10.7494/geol.2020.46.2.175

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