Wạwał clay pit (Saynoceras verrucosum zone): Late/Upper Valanginian, Poland
collected by Kaim 1995-2002

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
Cristalloella boczarowskii n. sp. Kaim 2004
recombined as Cristalloella (Wonwalica) boczarowskii
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gymnothilda reesi n. sp. Kaim 2004
Carinathilda saulae n. sp. Kaim 2004
recombined as Angulathilda saulae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula blaszyki n. sp. Kaim 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina valanginiana n. sp. Kaim 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Bullinidae
Sulcoactaeon sp.
Sulcoactaeon wawalensis n. sp. Kaim 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 20.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 26.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Late/Upper Valanginian Ammonoid zone: Saynoceras verrucosum
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Material with unspecified sample number, but from the Saynoceras verrucosum zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified claystone
Secondary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Lithology description: dark clays and silts; sediments from the Wawal section are largely unlithified
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: The faunal assemblage suggest shallow water conditions near the photic zone in the lower and upper parts of the section and a deeper water conditions in the middle part.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,acetic,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Kaim Collection dates:1995-2002
Collection method comments: Repository: Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) in Warsaw (abbreviated ZPAL) and the Museum of the Earth PAS in Warsaw (abbreviated MZ).
Taxonomic list comments:Focus on gastropods.
Metadata
Also known as:Wawal
Database number:63065
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-04 02:46:56 Last modified:2020-09-02 10:26:46
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-04 02:46:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18165. A. Kaim. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62:1-183 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]