Lejowa Valley (Triassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (49.3° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 24.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• "bone bed"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by A. Gazdzicki

• Repository: Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (ZPAL)

Primary reference: C. J. Duffin and A. Gazdzicki. 1977. Rhaetian fish remains from the Tatra Mountains. Acta Geologica Polonica 27:333-348 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124679: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Amy Delelli on 21.02.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
"Conchodus infraliasicus" = Lycodus cor, ? Rhaetomegalodon sp.
"Conchodus infraliasicus" = Lycodus cor Schafhäutl 1863 clam
? Rhaetomegalodon sp. Végh-Neubrandt 1969 clam
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys longidens Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
? Paralepidotus sp. Stolley 1919
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
 Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria acuminata Agassiz 1843
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Gyrolepis albertii Agassiz 1834
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Dermal denticles
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes -
"Acrodus minimus" = Lissodus minimus
"Acrodus minimus" = Lissodus minimus Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Hybodus cf. cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus
"Hybodus cf. cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858 elasmobranch