Neukirch an der Katzbach (Permian of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.1° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zechstein Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Langenhan

Primary reference: A. Langenhan. 1899. Ueber einige Zechstein-Versteinerungen aus Schlesien. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur 77:44-52 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123444: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 23.01.2012, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Leda speluncaria" = Phestia speluncaria
"Leda speluncaria" = Phestia speluncaria Geinitz 1848 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus schlotheimi Geinitz 1841 clam
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Avicula speluncaria" = Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Pinna neukirchensis n. sp." = Aviculopinna neukirchensis, "Avicula cf. pinnaeformis" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis
"Pinna neukirchensis n. sp." = Aviculopinna neukirchensis Langenhan 1899 oyster
"Avicula cf. pinnaeformis" = Aviculopinna pinnaeformis Geinitz 1848 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia (Bakewellia) antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi
"Gervillia (Bakewellia) antiqua" = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi Brown 1839 oyster