Early Carboniferous trilobite remains from limestones of the Dębnik Anticline, southern Poland

Authors

  • Marta Bąk AGH University of Science and Technology
  • Paweł Dulemba Pedagogical University of Cracow, Institute of Geography, Department of Geology; Podchorążych St. 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland
  • Krzysztof Bąk Pedagogical University of Cracow, Institute of Geography, Department of Geology; Podchorążych St. 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7494/geol.2014.39.1.27

Keywords:

trilobite, arthropods, Lower Carboniferous, Dębnik Anticline, Racławka Valley, Poland

Abstract

The presence of proetid trilobites remnants is reported for the first time from the early Carboniferous limestones of the Dębnik Anticline outcropped in the Racławka valley, the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Block (southern part of the Cracow Upland). Disintegrated exoskeletons of trilobites have been found in thin sections of fine-grained, peloidal wackstones and packstones. These rocks contain also foraminifers which indicate the Early Tournaisian age of this founding.

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Author Biography

Marta Bąk, AGH University of Science and Technology

Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Department of Geology and Geotourism

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2014-03-10

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Bąk, M., Dulemba, P., & Bąk, K. (2014). Early Carboniferous trilobite remains from limestones of the Dębnik Anticline, southern Poland. Geology, Geophysics and Environment, 40(1), 27. https://doi.org/10.7494/geol.2014.39.1.27

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