Blizne conglomerates, Middle Carpathians: Thanetian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia patula
1 specimen
Turritella arsenei Briart and Cornet 1873
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Tympanotonos sp. Schumacher 1817
abundant category
Tympanotomus sp. n. (ex gr. T. papalis)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Acirsa subplicata
abundant category
Acirsella inermis
abundant category
spelled with current rank as Acirsa (Acirsella)
Acirsa (Acirsella) inermis
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Bernaya meunieri (Cossmann 1923)
1 specimen
synonym of Lyncina amygdalina
Cypraea (Bernayia) meunieri
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
? Rostellaria ? callosa (Deshayes 1835)
1 specimen
recombined as Wateletia callosa
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita (Desmieria) bicoronata
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 49.8° North, 22.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 20.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Paleocene
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Czarnorzeki Beds Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Dated by Szechura, J., and Pozaryska, K. (1974). “Foraminiferida from the Paleocene of Polish carpathians (Babica Clays).” Palaeontologica Polonica, 31, 1-142. as upper Paleocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Conglomeratic sandstone Deposition in shallow water and transported into flysch basin
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:deep ocean basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Corals and bivalves associated but not described
Taxonomic list comments:Only gastropods included
Metadata
Also known as:KT loc. 435
Database number:27021
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-11-13 00:43:43 Last modified:2017-01-14 15:43:44
Access level:the public Released:2002-11-13 00:43:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7472. W. Krach. 1963. Mollusca of the Babica Clays (Paleocene) of the Middle Carpathians. Pt. I. Gastropoda. Studia Geologica Polonica 14:1-151 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]