Special Papers in Palaeontology, Tabulate corals from the Givetian and Frasnian of the southern region of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland)

The Holy Cross Mountains of Poland yield an abundance of marine Devonian fossils that have been studied and described since the mid-nineteenth century. Reef-formers are a major part of the overall fauna, and the stromatoporoids and the rugose corals have already received full attention. This publication extends full descriptive cover to the third of the important reef-building groups, the tabulate corals.

Introduction

Geological background

Material, methods and terminology

The systematic position of tabulate corals

Microstructure of tabulate skeleton

Species in tabulate corals

Systematic palaeontology

Intracolonial variation

Parasitism in tabulate corals

Stratigraphic and palaeogeographic distribution of tabulates in the Kielce region

Conclusions

Dr Mikolaj Zapalski is the author of Special Papers in Palaeontology, Number 87, Tabulate corals from the Givetian and Frasnian of the southern region of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland), published by Wiley.

The Holy Cross Mountains of Poland yield an abundance of marine Devonian fossils that have been studied and described since the mid-nineteenth century. Reef-formers are a major part of the overall fauna, and the stromatoporoids and the rugose corals have already received full attention. This publication extends full descriptive cover to the third of the important reef-building groups, the tabulate corals.