Bartosz J. Płachno

Abstract The Eocene Popiele Beds of the Skole Nappe (Outer Carpathians, Poland) are exceptional among the predominantly deep-water lithofacies of Outer Carpathians because of their proximal origin and subsequent mass resedimentation into deeper parts of the flysch basin. Consequently, this lithostratigraphic unit contains unusually rich macrofossil assemblages within otherwise generally fossil-poor flysch successions.

Abstract Stalked crinoids are uncommon fossils in the Cenozoic. This is particularly due to their continuous decline starting from the Late Cretaceous and gradual restriction to the deep-sea environment, which bears a fossil record bias. On the other hand, in recent times, new data have emerged documenting some relict populations of sea lilies in the shallow marine facies from the Cenozoic.

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