Middle Vistula, Montian, Poland: Danian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Homalopoma montensis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala crassilabris
common category
Gastropoda - Chilodontaidae
Chilodonta incerta
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Tudicla sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Coniscala johnstrupi
common category
spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Coniscala)
Acirsa elatior
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella vicina
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea suessoniensis
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
? Rhinoclavis sp. Swainson 1840
common category
2 species
Gastropoda - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium hauniense
common category
Metacerithium zigzag
7 specimens
Metacerithium cf. pseudotelescopium
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) arsenei Briart and Cornet 1873
common category
Turritella (Haustator) circumdatum
abundant category
spelled with current rank as Haustator
Turritella (Haustator) montensis Briart and Cornet 1873
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullospira austriaca
common category
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges gracilis
common category
Araeodactylus plateaui (Cossmann 1889)
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Pseudocancilla) omalii
common category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla flexuosa von Koenen 1885
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Suessonia densestriata
2 specimens
original and current combination Suessionia
Popenoeum robustum
20 specimens
Pseudoliva robusta
Cominella supracostata Traub 1938
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes hauniensis
14 specimens
Clavilithes sp. Swainson 1840
3 specimens
Cosmolithes reticulatus
5 specimens
spelled with current rank as Clavilithes (Cosmolithes)
Clavilithes (Cosmolithes) reticulatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus amplus
8 specimens
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula johnstrupi
7 specimens
Turricula steenstrupi
12 specimens
? Turricula ? torelli
20 specimens
Turricula ludmilae
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira koeneni
11 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonia binodosa
2 specimens
Borsonia aequicostata
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula aff. gryi
17 specimens
Gemmula brevior
13 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia crassistria
13 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Columbarium heberti
common category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella crenistria
common category
Volutospina elevata (Sowerby 1840)
9 specimens
recombined as Volutocorbis elevata
Athleta (Volutispina) elevata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Unitas conoidea
5 specimens
? Unitas sp. Harris and Palmer 1947
14 specimens
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis intermedia
2 specimens
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassidaria elongata
3 specimens
synonym of Galeodea
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia antiqua
3 specimens
Charonia (Sassia) antiqua
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira detrita
common category
Crommium ciplyensis
common category
Grommium (Amauropsella) ciplyensis
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoa sp. Fréminville 1814
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Nerineopsis traubi n. sp.
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea parisiensis
27 specimens
Actaeon sp. Oken 1815
1 specimen
replaced by Acteon
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula cf. discrepans Traub 1938
abundant category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Solarium bisulcatum d'Orbigny 1842
common category
recombined as Heliacus bisulcatus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna raristriata
20 specimens
Roxania raristriata (Briart & Cornet)
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830
1 specimen
Acmaea simplex Dickerson 1917
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Cucullaria reticularis
40 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis cf. limnopsis
7 specimens
Arcopsis limopsis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cf. striatularis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea decussata
12 specimens
Cucullaea volgensis
common category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris duponti
23 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis minuscula
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima hoperi (Mantell 1822)
1 specimen
original and current combination Plagiostoma hoperi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium (Parvamussium) bisculptum
10 specimens
Variamussium bisculptum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Microchlamys acuteplicatus
rare category
replaced by Dhondtichlamys
Chlamys acuteplicatus
Camptonectes sumensis
4 specimens
Lyssochlamys solea
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna aff. fragilis
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea semiplana Sowerby 1825
5 specimens
recombined as Hyotissa semiplana
Gryphaeostrea eversa
common category
Amphidonta evera (Melleville)
Liostrea reussi
common category
Gryphaea antiqua
common category
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Lithophaga ? danica
7 specimens
? Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Lithodomus sp.
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Monitilora duponti
1 specimen
Phacoides duponti
Miltha proava
common category
Miltha passelecqui
2 specimens
Miltha sp. (Adams and Adams 1857)
6 specimens
Lucina lepis
15 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria caudata
20 specimens
Cuspidaria aff. pulchra
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya moeschi
10 specimens
Pholadomya cuneata
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Teredina aff. oweni
1 specimen
? Martesia ? proxima
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Sphenia duponti
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella ciplyensis
2 specimens
Veniella ciplyense
Arctica morrisi
1 specimen
Cyprina morrisi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrena arnouldi
37 specimens
Cyrena forbesi
9 specimens
Cyrena veneriformis Deshayes 1857
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Gafrarium (? Circe) ? angelini
14 specimens
? Costacallista ? montensis
6 specimens
Pitar (Callista) montensis (Cossmann)
Pitar nitidula
common category
Pitar saincenyensis
8 specimens
Pitar tranquilla
common category
Pitar (Chionella) duponti
2 specimens
? Dosiniopsis ? orbicularis
common category
Dosiniopsis tokodensis
common category
? Dosiniopsis ? fallax (Deshayes 1857)
common category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium semidecussatum
common category
? Cardium ? problematicum
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
? Gari ? debilis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua lublinensis
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
? Astarte ? trigonula
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
1 specimen
Venericardia cf. rutoti
1 specimen
Venericardia densecostata
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella excelsa
common category
Crassatella montensis
common category
Crassatella krachi
30 specimens
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
12 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula montensis
common category
Nucula proava
common category
Nucula triangula
11 specimens
Nucula densistria
8 specimens
Lamellinucula sinuatella
common category
spelled with current rank as Nucula (Lamellinucula)
Nucula sinuatella
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana biarata
22 specimens
Nuculana crassistria
18 specimens
Nuculana ovoides
35 specimens
Nuculana symmetrica
1 specimen
Jupiteria rhamphidium
2 specimens
Nuculana ramphidium
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885
common category
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 51.4° North, 22.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.8° North, 18.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Danian *Local age/stage:Montian
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Glauconitic sandstones with phosphatic concretions overlying gray marls with conretionary limestone intercalations ("Siwak")
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Combination of localities necessary, because quantiative data only provided for whole area
Taxonomic list comments:Molluscs only
Metadata
Database number:27625
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-12-16 06:15:54 Last modified:2002-12-16 08:16:08
Access level:database members Released:2002-12-16 06:15:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7605. W. Krach. 1981. Fauna i stratygrafia paleocenu srodkowej Wisly. Studia Geologica Polonica 71:1-80 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]