Miedniki, Elblag Elevation Region (Pleistocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (54.2° N, 19.4° E: paleocoordinates 54.2° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lecze Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siltstone

• marine sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. Makowska. 1986. Morza plejstocenskie w Polsce; osady, wiek i paleogeografia [Pleistocene seas in Poland; sediments, age and paleogeography]. Prace Instytutu Geologicznego 120:74 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64109: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 01.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium echinatum" = Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam