Where: Poland (50.7° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 20.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lychow 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 51691: 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 | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Alveinus nitidus clam | |
Irus (Irus) irus, Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella, Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa, Venus (Venus) subrotunda, Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieskii, Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Irus (Irus) irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa venus clam
Venus (Venus) subrotunda venus clam
Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieskii venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Ervilia pusilla clam | |
Parvicardium holubicense cockle
Parvicardium subhispidum cockle | |
Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Divalinga ornata, "Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Megaxinus (Megaxinus) transversus, Linga (Linga) columbella, Loripes (Loripes) dujardini, "Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes)
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
Divalinga ornata clam
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
"Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes) clam | |
Cardites partschi, "Scalaricardita scalaris" = Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita), Glans (Centrocardita) rudista
Cardites partschi clam
"Scalaricardita scalaris" = Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) clam | |
"Astarte (Astarte) waeli" = Goodallia (Goodallia) waeli
"Astarte (Astarte) waeli" = Goodallia (Goodallia) waeli Glibert 1945 clam | |
Gregariella fuschi clam | |
Brachidontes biali, Brachidontes marginatus, Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga, Modiolus adriaticus, Modiolula phaseolina
Brachidontes biali mussel
Brachidontes marginatus mussel
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus adriaticus mussel
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel | |
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten, Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten scallop
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata, Lima (Lima) lima
"Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata Montagu 1808 file clam
Lima (Lima) lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) striata scallop | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle Subspecies: Anomia ephippium rugulosostriata [entered as Anomia ehippium]
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Isognomon radiatus Anton 1838 oyster | |
Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Bathyarca pectunculoides, Striarca lactea, Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Acar clathrata, "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae
Bathyarca pectunculoides Scacchi 1834 clam
Striarca lactea clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Arcopsis papillifera clam | |