Weglinek Limestone: Middle Miocene, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolula phaseolina (Philippi 1844)
Dacrydium (Dacrydium) vitreum
Mytilaster volhynicus
Brachidontes biali
Brachidontes marginatus
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Gregariella coralliophaga
Musculus biformis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus 1758)
Neopycnodonte navicularis (Brocchi 1814)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea digitalina (Eichwald 1830)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon radiatus (Anton 1838)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula subauriculata (Montagu 1808)
recombined as Lima subauriculata
Lima (Lima) lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Plicatula) striata
Plicatula (Plicatula) mytilina
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus (Monia) squamus
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies: Anomia ephippium rugulostriata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Flexopecten) posthuma
Chlamys (Flexopecten) scissa
Crassadoma multistriata (Poli 1795)
recombined as Talochlamys multistriata
Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans
original and current combination Aequipecten
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala
synonym of Limopsis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) deshayesi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi 1834)
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
Acar clathrata
Arca (Arca) noae (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Arca noae
Striarca lactea
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis papillifera
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans (Centrocardita) rudista
Cardita elongata
Cardites partschi
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Hiatella arctica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena (Gastrochaena) lata
Gastrochaena (Gastrochaena) intermedia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Obsoletiforma kokkupica
Plagiocardium hirsutum
Parvicardium papillosum (Poli 1781)
recombined as Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Parvicardium holubicense
Parvicardium subhispidum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia pusilla
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax (Paradonax) intermedia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Chama gryphoides
Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina (Lamarck 1819)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Coralliophaga (Coralliophaga) lithophagella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Irus (Irus) irus (Linnaeus 1767)
Circomphalus subplicatus (dOrbigny 1852)
Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
Venus (Venus) subrotunda
Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa
Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieskii
Callista (Costacallista) cf. erycinoides (Lamarck 1806)
original and current combination Cytherea erycinoides
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima (Montagu 1803)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus nitidus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata (Montagu 1803)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Mioerycina coarctata (Wood 1840)
Montacuta substriata (Montague 1808)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia (Bornia) sebetia
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena (Ctena) decussata (Costa 1829)
recombined as Codakia (Ctena) decussata
Megaxinus (Megaxinus) transversus
Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus
reassigned as Lucina (Microloripes)
Loripes (Loripes) dujardini
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 22.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.1° North, 20.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Weglinek
Local section:Roztocze
Regional section:Carpathian
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Miocene (late Badenian). Observed thickness of limestones is about 5 m. Calcareous nannoplankton indicates Late Badenian nannozone NN6-7.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Laminated crusts of coralline algae and shells of sessile gastropods.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Accumulated on the sea bottom in extremely shallow water, under high hydrodynamic conditions.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: 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
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for bivalvia. No other Molluscan groups reported. Nomenclature appears fair to good.
Metadata
Database number:51690
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-06-10 12:27:00 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-10 12:26:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13761. 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]