Mielnik (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (52.3° N, 23.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.0° N, 30.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Goniotheutis gracilis other zone, Early/Lower Campanian (83.6 - 72.2 Ma)

• Goniotheutis gracilis + Belemnellocamax mammillatus

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

• white-grey clayey marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Jurkowska, E. Świerczewska-Gładysz, E. Dubicka and D. Olszewska-Nejbert. 2015. Porosphaera globularis (Phillips, 1829) (Porifera, Calcarea) in the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of extra-Carpathian Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica 65(1):121-139 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197853: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides voltzianus
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gavelinella poststelligera, Gavelinella clementiana, Gavelinella costulata
Gavelinella poststelligera
Gavelinella ‘post’ stelligera
Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Bolivinoides decoratus, Bolivinoides laevigatus
Calcarea
 Lithonida - Minchinellidae
Porosphaera globularis
Porosphaera globularis Phillips 1829 calcareous sponge