Bochotnica, Middle Vistula Valley-marly opoka: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Paracraticularia fittoni (Mantell 1822)
Hurcewicz 1968
recombined as Laocoetis fittoni
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes bochotnicensis n. sp. Hurcewicz 1968
Hurcewicz 1968
Aphrocallistes alveolites (Roemer 1841)
Hurcewicz 1968
Aphrocallistes kazimierzensis Hurcewicz 1968
Hurcewicz 1968
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Ventriculites convolutus Hinde 1883
Hurcewicz 1968
Gastropoda - Nododelphinulidae
Trochacanthus tricarinatus
1 specimen
Trochocanthus tricarinatus tricarinatus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) plana
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Haustator
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium paucicostatum
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala decorata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Tibia laevis
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778
1 specimen
Aporrhais (?) sp. indet.
Arrhoges (Latiala) pelecyphora
2 specimens
Drepanocheilus substenoptera
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Avellana inversistriata
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Opis ventricosa
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha aequivalvis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya kasimiri
2 specimens
Pholadomya salzbergensis
1 specimen
Pholadomya (Procardia) decussata (Mantell 1822)
1 specimen
Goniomya designata
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea mandibula
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Gyropleura inequirostrata
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus elongatus
1 specimen
Modiolus radiatus
1 specimen
corrected as Modiolus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis rhomboidalis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argentea (Conrad 1858)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea (Schlotheim 1813)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare (Lamarck 1806)
10 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Hyotissa semiplana (Sowerby 1825)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata
2 specimens
original and current combination Lyriochlamys
Mimachlamys critosa
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mimachlamys)
Mimachlamys cretosa cretosa
Mimachlamys denticulata (Hagenow 1842)
2 specimens
Mimachlamys cretosa denticulata
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus (Alth 1850)
abundant category
more than 600 seperate valves from Kazimierz, Janowiec nad the majotity from Nasilow, Bochotnica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus dutempleanus Orbigny 1847
1 specimen
synonym of Spondylus fimbriatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema nilsoni (Goldfuss 1835)
1 specimen
Entolium membranaceum (Nilsson 1827)
1 specimen
recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 22.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.8° North, 18.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Zone: Belemnella kazimiroviensis (Mg2)
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:opaka
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Horizon 2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,yellow lithified cherty/siliceous marl
Lithology description: yellowish-gray to gray siliceous marl, moderately hard, highly fossiliferous. Sandy marly opoka, slightly glauconitic, in the uppermost part of the Maastrichtian
Environment:peritidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:28080
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Apel, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-01-23 00:27:40 Last modified:2016-07-25 15:09:35
Access level:the public Released:2003-01-23 00:27:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7642. G. I. Abdel-Gawad. 1986. Maastrichtian non-cephalopod mollusks: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda and Bivalvia of the Middle Vistula Valley, central Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica 36(1-3):69-224 [W. Kiessling/M. Apel/M. Apel]

Secondary references:

36344 H. Hurcewicz. 1968. Siliceous sponges from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland, part II: Monaxonia and Triaxonia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 13(1):3-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]