Nasilow, Middle Vistula Valley, opoka (Cretaceous of Poland)

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

• inner shelf setting
• Yellowish-gray siliceous marl, moderately hard, highly fossiliferous, changing into sandy marly opoka, slightly glauconitic

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

• Only non-cephalopod mollusks
unclassified
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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mutiella coarctata, "Lucina subnumismalis" = Lucina subnumismalis, "Lucina laminosa" = Lucina subnumismalis
"Lucina subnumismalis" = Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850 clam
"Lucina laminosa" = Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
"Liophista (? Psilomya) sp." = Liopistha (Psilomya)
"Liophista (? Psilomya) sp." = Liopistha (Psilomya) Meek 1876 clam
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen fragilis venus clam
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Solenida - Pharidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"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 lineatus Sowerby 1836 mussel
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argentea Conrad 1858 clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata" = Lyriochlamys scallop
"Lyropecten (Aequipecten) pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus Nilsson 1827 scallop
Merklinia variabilis Hagenow 1842 scallop
Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
Mimachlamys cretosa Defrance 1822 scallop
Mimachlamys cretosa cretosa
Mimachlamys cretosa Defrance 1822 scallop
Mimachlamys cretosa denticulata
"Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sexcostata Woodward 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema haeggi Dhondt 1971 scallop
Syncyclonema nilsoni Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Syncyclonema gamsensis Dhondt 1971 scallop
Entolium membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium inversum Nilsson 1827 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam
Limea geinitzi file clam
"Limatula kunradensis" = Limatula file clam
"Limatula ovata" = Limatula file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera coerulescens Nilsson 1827 oyster
Gervillia solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria cincta pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata Sowerby 1813 oyster
Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825 oyster
"Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
"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 geinitzi Reuss 1844 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula tenera nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana producta pointed nut clam
Nuculana siliqua pointed nut clam
Nuculana puschi pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Lemintina nodosa worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Biplex cretaceous n. sp. triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora onusta Nilsson 1827 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae
"Columbellaria laevicostata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria)
"Columbellaria laevicostata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria) snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Tibia laevis true conch
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute
Scaphella sp.1
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute
Scaphella sp.2
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum giganteum n. sp. true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
Turricula sp.1
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Natica cretacea Goldfuss 1841 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium mazureki n. sp. cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira cochleiformis, "Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator, Turritella hagenoviana
"Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator turret shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Trochacanthus tricarinatus snail
Trochacanthus tricarinatus tricarinatus
Trochacanthus tricarinatus snail
Trochacanthus tricarinatus monilifer
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Seguenzioidea - Chilodontaidae
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Tudicla sp. Röding 1798 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna faba Kner 1869 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Avellana (?) sp.1
? Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Avellana (?) sp.2
Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Hainosaurus sp.2 Dollo 1885 mosasaur
"Plioplatecarpinae sp. B" - MKD. MP−18 (tooth)
Mosasaurus cf. anceps3 mosasaur
ZPAL R.9/3 and ZPAL R.9/4 (two teeth)
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)
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Coelosmilia sp.4 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Rhizopoterion coniforme1 Hurcewicz 1968 glass sponge