Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Lower Famennian brachiopods from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland

Gertruda Biernat

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 15 (1), 1970: 33-56

The Lower Famennian brachiopods from the southern part of the Holy Cross Mountains (Góry Świętokrzyskie) are described. Two new species: Orbiculoidea kadzielniensis and Tenuisinurostrum subcrenulatum are proposed, the latter taxon considered as an index fossil. Remarks on the shell exterior and interior, growth changes and individual variations are included.


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