Where: Poland (50.7° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Weglin Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Middle Miocene (late Badenian). Observed thickness of limestones is about 5 m. Calcareous nannoplankton indicates Late Badenian nannozone NN6-7.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Collections are housed in the Museum of the Earth (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw). Material collected by Jakubowski and Macioszczyk between 1975 and 1979. Some material is housed in the Museum of the State Geological Survey
Primary reference: B. Studencka. 1994. Middle Miocene bivalve faunas from the carbonate deposits of Poland (Central Paratethys). Geologie Mediterraneenne 11(1-2):137-145 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51689: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Sphenia anatima softshell clam | |
"Lasaea rubra" = Lasaea adansoni
"Lasaea rubra" = Lasaea adansoni Gmelin 1791 clam | |
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Alveinus nitidus clam | |
Irus (Irus) irus, Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella, Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, Venus (Venus) subrotunda, Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa, Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieski, Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Irus (Irus) irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Venus (Venus) subrotunda venus clam
Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa venus clam
Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieski venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Ervilia pusilla clam | |
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Linga (Linga) columbella, "Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes)
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
"Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes) clam | |
Musculus biformis mussel | |
Brachidontes biali, Brachidontes marginatus, Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga, Modiolula phaseolina, Mytilaster volhynicus
Brachidontes biali mussel
Brachidontes marginatus mussel
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
Mytilaster volhynicus mussel | |
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, "Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) revolutus" = Oppenheimopecten, Pecten (Pecten) subarcuatus, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten, Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
"Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) revolutus" = Oppenheimopecten scallop
Pecten (Pecten) subarcuatus scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten scallop
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Lima (Lima) lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) striata scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) mytilina scallop | |
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Bathyarca pectunculoides, Striarca lactea, Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Acar clathrata, "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae
Bathyarca pectunculoides Scacchi 1834 clam
Striarca lactea clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |