Skały, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

See also: Skały, Silesian Voivodeship

Skały
Village
Skały
Coordinates: 50°54′11″N 21°9′24″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Świętokrzyskie
County	Kielce
Gmina	Nowa Słupia
Population	190

Skały [ˈskawɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Słupia, within Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Nowa Słupia and 38 km (24 mi) east of the regional capital Kielce.[1]

Middle Devonian rocks cropping out in the Dobruchna valley near Skały are the type locality of a lithostratigraphic unit called the Skały Formation (formerly Skały Beds).[2] The Skały Formation is renowned for the richness of its fossil fauna, especially brachiopods. Some species found near Skały are named after the village, like the coral Blothrophyllum skalense Gürich, 1896 or the trilobite Nyterops skalensis (Kielan, 1956).[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Racki, Grzegorz; Wójcik, Krystian; Halamski, Adam T.; Narkiewicz, Marek (2022). "Middle Devonian Skały Formation in the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland) – formal description and subdivision based on new field data" (PDF). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae. 92 (4): 425–444.
3. Halamski, Adam Tadeusz; Zapalski, Mikołaj K. (2006). "Les schistes à brachiopodes de Skaly : un niveau exceptionnel. Première partie : inventaire faunistique. Compte rendu de la conférence du 9 décembre 2004". Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon. 75 (3): 145–150. doi:10.3406/linly.2006.13623.