Where: Poland (51.3° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 18.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Belemnella kazimiroviensis zone, Opoka Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, glauconitic, gray, yellow, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27818: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 14.01.2003, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling, Uta Merkel and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium multicostatum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Mutiella coarctata, "Lucina subnumismalis" = Lucina subnumismalis, "Lucina laminosa" = Lucina subnumismalis
Mutiella coarctata clam
"Lucina subnumismalis" = Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850 clam
"Lucina laminosa" = Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Thracia carinifera clam | |
Cercomya harpa clam
Cercomya aff. harpa clam | |
"Liophista (? Psilomya) sp." = Liopistha (Psilomya)
"Liophista (? Psilomya) sp." = Liopistha (Psilomya) Meek 1876 clam | |
Cuspidaria caudata clam | |
Goniomya designata, Goniomya mailleana, Pholadomya kasimiri, Pholadomya salzbergensis, Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) esmarki
Goniomya designata clam
Goniomya mailleana clam
Pholadomya kasimiri clam
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) esmarki Nilsson 1827 clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Nemocardium fenestratum, Granocardium alutacium, Granocardium aff. postulosum, Granocardium productum, Pleuriocardia noeggerathi
Nemocardium fenestratum cockle
Granocardium alutacium cockle
Granocardium aff. postulosum cockle
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
Pleuriocardia noeggerathi cockle | |
Tenea cf. ovalis clam | |
Legumen fragilis venus clam | |
Gyropleura inequirostrata rudist | |
Panopea mandibula clam | |
Opis ventricosa clam
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam | |
"Modiolus elongatus" = Modiolus, "Modiolus radiatus" = Modiolus, "Modiolus siliquus" = Modiolus, Inoperna flagellifera, Septifer scalaris, Septifer lineatus
"Modiolus elongatus" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiolus radiatus" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiolus siliquus" = Modiolus mussel
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel
Septifer scalaris mussel
Septifer lineatus Sowerby 1836 mussel | |
Tenuipteria argentea Conrad 1858 clam | |
Atreta nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop | |
"Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata" = Lyriochlamys, "Lyropecten (Aequipecten) pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis, Merklinia variabilis, Camptonectes virgatus, Mimachlamys cretosa, Mimachlamys cretosa, Spondylus truncatus, Spondylus serratus, "Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus
"Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata" = Lyriochlamys scallop
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus Nilsson 1827 scallop
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus Alth 1850 scallop
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis Orbigny 1847 scallop
Merklinia variabilis Hagenow 1842 scallop
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
Spondylus truncatus scallop
Spondylus serratus scallop
"Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop | |
Neithea sexcostata Woodward 1833 scallop | |
Syncyclonema haeggi Dhondt 1971 scallop
Syncyclonema nilsoni Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Syncyclonema gamsensis Dhondt 1971 scallop
Entolium membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
Propeamussium inversum Nilsson 1827 mud scallop | |
Placunopsis granulosa scallop | |
Plagiostoma cretacea, Plagiostoma hoperi, Ctenoides dunkeri, Limea geinitzi, ? Pseudolimea granulata, "Limatula kunradensis" = Limatula, "Limatula ovata" = Limatula
Plagiostoma cretacea file clam
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam
Ctenoides dunkeri file clam
Limea geinitzi file clam
? Pseudolimea granulata file clam
"Limatula kunradensis" = Limatula file clam
"Limatula ovata" = Limatula file clam | |
Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma) danica scallop | |
Pseudoptera coerulescens Nilsson 1827 oyster
Gervillia solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster | |
Phelopteria pectinoidea pearl oyster
Phelopteria cincta pearl oyster | |
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster | |
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata, Hyotissa semiplana, "Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata Sowerby 1813 oyster
Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825 oyster
"Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Limopsis sacheri clam
Limopsis radiata Meyer 1885 clam | |
"Arca (Eonavicula) propinqua" = Eonavicula, "Arca (Eonavicula) granulatoradiata" = Eonavicula, Barbatia tenuistriata, Barbatia forchammeri, Barbatia geinitzi
"Arca (Eonavicula) propinqua" = Eonavicula clam
"Arca (Eonavicula) granulatoradiata" = Eonavicula clam
Barbatia forchammeri clam
Barbatia geinitzi Reuss 1844 clam | |
Nucula ascendens nut clam
Nucula tenera nut clam | |
Nuculana producta pointed nut clam
Nuculana siliqua pointed nut clam
Nuculana puschi pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Lemintina nodosa worm shell | |
Biplex cretaceous n. sp. triton shell
Charonia multicostata triton | |
Xenophora onusta Nilsson 1827 carrier shell | |
Arrhoges (Latiala) pelecyphora, Perissoptera emarginulata, Drepanocheilus substenoptera, Aporrhais pyriformis, Aporrhais granulosa, ? Aporrhais luganicus, ? Aporrhais sp., Kaunhowenia carinifera, Cultrigera arachnoides, ? Cultrigera nagorzanyensis
Aporrhais pyriformis snail
Aporrhais granulosa snail
? Aporrhais luganicus snail
? Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail
Kaunhowenia carinifera snail
Cultrigera arachnoides snail | |
"Columbellaria laevicostata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria)
"Columbellaria laevicostata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria) snail | |
Tibia laevis true conch | |
Rostellana aequaecostata volute
Volutilithes kneri volute | |
Buccinum giganteum n. sp.
Buccinum giganteum n. sp. true whelk | |
Bellifusus septemcostatus, Euthriofusus nereidiformis, Graphidula procera, Graphidula radwanskii n. sp., Graphidula vistulensis n. sp.
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? Natica exaltata moon snail
? Natica cretacea Goldfuss 1841 moon snail | |
Cerithium paucicostatum cerith snail
Cerithium griepenkerli cerith snail
Cerithium mazureki n. sp. cerith snail | |
Laxispira cochleiformis turret shell
"Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator turret shell
Turritella hagenoviana turret shell | |
Confusiscala decorata wentletrap
Confusiscala cf. contorta wentletrap | |
Trochacanthus tricarinatus, Trochacanthus tricarinatus, Trochacanthus tubercolatocinctus, Trochacanthus nilssoni
Trochacanthus nilssoni snail | |
? Margarites laevis snail
Atira laevis snail | |
Calliomphalus rimosus, Calliomphalus dichotomus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) quadricinctus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) nasilowensis n. sp., Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) fruchti, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) amatus, Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) miliariformis
Calliomphalus dichotomus snail
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) nasilowensis n. sp. snail | |
Chilodonta rudis snail | |
Cylichna faba Kner 1869 snail | |
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Reptilia | |
Hainosaurus sp.2, Mosasaurus cf. anceps3, Mosasaurus cf. lemonnieri3, "Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii3
Mosasaurus cf. lemonnieri3 Dollo 1889 mosasaur ZPAL R. 9/1, ZPAL R. 9/2, and ZPAL R. 9/5 (three tooth crowns)
"Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii3 Mantell 1829 mosasaur IGPUWAR−4 and OGP 1254 (two tooth crowns)
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Anthozoa | |
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Hexactinellida | |
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