Lezyce-Belcz, near Opatów (Silurian of Poland)

Also known as Łężyce

Where: Poland (50.8° N, 21.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° S, 59.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neocucullograptus kozlowskii graptolite zone, Trochowiny Formation, Paadla (422.9 - 419.2 Ma)

• From Kozlowski, W. 2008. Lithostratigraphy and regional significance of the Nowa Słupia Group (Upper Silurian) of the Łysogóry Region (Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland) Acta Geologica Polonica 58 (1): 43–74.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified mudstone and siltstone

• Olive-green clayey-muddy shales with a few thin siltstone interbeds

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Karczewski. 1987. Systematyka gromady Rostroconchia - kontrowersje I polemiki. Biuletyn Instytutu Geologicznego 354:107-124 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167803: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 03.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae
Bigalea aviformis n. sp. Karczewski 1987