Kazimierz Section (Town Querry), lower Part (A) (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.3° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 18.6° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belemnella kasimiroviensis zone, opoka Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• the author marked A, B, C are the lower, middle and the upper horizons of the marly opoka exposed at Kazimierz.

•A horizon

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; poorly lithified, gray, yellow, cherty/siliceous marl

• yellowish-gray to gray siliceous marl, moderately hard, highly fossiliferous.

•Sandy marly opoka, slightly glauconitic, in the uppermost part of the Maastrichtian

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

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 27822: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 14.01.2003, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only non-cephalopod mullusks
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Dentalium) sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Scaphopoda
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mutiella coarctata, "Lucina (Lucina) subnumismalis" = Lucina subnumismalis, "Lucina (Lucina) laminosa" = Lucina subnumismalis
"Lucina (Lucina) subnumismalis" = Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850 clam
"Lucina (Lucina) laminosa" = Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma sp. Schumacher 1816 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen fragilis venus clam
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Solenida - Pharidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata" = Lyriochlamys, "Lyropecten (Aequipecten) pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis, Merklinia variabilis, "Camptonectes (Camptonectes) virgatus" = Camptonectes virgatus, 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
more than 600 valves from K. and Janowiec and the majority from Nasilow and Bochotnica
Merklinia variabilis Hagenow 1842 scallop
"Camptonectes (Camptonectes) virgatus" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
Mimachlamys cretosa Defrance 1822 scallop
M. c. cretosa (8 sp.), M. c. denticulata (10 sp.)
"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 (Parvamussium) inversum Nilsson 1827 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam
Limea geinitzi file clam
Limatula ovata Wood 1839 file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera coerulescens Nilsson 1827 oyster
Gervillia (Gervillia) solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria cincta pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Acutostrea incurva Nilsson 1827 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
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) ovata Phillips 1841 nut clam
Nucula (Nucula) sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Nucula (Nucula) truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Nucula (Nucula) truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Lemintina nodosa worm shell
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Cassidaria truncata n. sp." = Galeodea
"Cassidaria truncata n. sp." = Galeodea snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Charonia (Sassia) tuberculosa" = Sassia, Charonia multicostata
"Charonia (Sassia) tuberculosa" = Sassia triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae
"Columbellaria cf. granulata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria), "Columbellaria laevicostata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria), Columbellaria tuberculosa
"Columbellaria cf. granulata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria) snail
"Columbellaria laevicostata" = Colombellina (Columbellaria) snail
Columbellaria tuberculosa Binkhorst 1861 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutospina kasimiri" = Athleta (Volutospina) volute
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute
Scaphella sp.2
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
Turricula sp.1
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes hoernesi moon snail
? Natica cretacea Goldfuss 1841 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium tectiforme cerith snail
Gastropoda
Cerithium binodosum cerith snail
Gastropoda
Cerithium decheni cerith snail
Gastropoda
Cerithium nerei cerith snail
Gastropoda
Cerithium polystropha cerith snail
Gastropoda
Cerithium griepenkerli cerith snail
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira cochleiformis turret shell
Gastropoda
"Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator turret shell
Gastropoda
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Gastropoda
Turritella (Turritella) hagenoviana turret shell
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala decorata wentletrap
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Trochacanthus nilssoni snail
Gastropoda
Trochacanthus tricarinatus snail
Trochacanthus tricarinatus tricarinatus
Trochacanthus tricarinatus snail
Trochacanthus tricarinatus monilifer
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
? Margarites laevis snail
Gastropoda
Atira laevis snail
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Leptomaria subgigantea snail
Gastropoda
Conotomaria linearis snail
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula costatostriata snail
Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea striatissima limpet
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Avellana(?) sp.2