PBDB Collection

Piotrawin, Middle Vistula Valley-opoka (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.1° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Nostoceras pozaryskii ammonoid zone, Opoka Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Age of this locality now confirmed to be upper Campanian according to MACHALSKI et al. (2003); Nostoceras pozaryskii (Kg4)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, yellow, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone

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

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 28084: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 23.01.2003, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Architectonica (Solariaxis) granulatocostata Architectonica (Solariaxis) granulatocostata sundial
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Confusiscala decorata Confusiscala decorata wentletrap
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Cerithium binodosum Cerithium binodosum cerith snail
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Aporrhais granulosa, Drepanocheilus substenoptera Aporrhais granulosa snail Drepanocheilus substenoptera snail
Sorbeoconcha - Colombellinidae	"Columbellaria laevicostata n. sp." = Colombellina (Columbellaria), Columbellaria tuberculosa "Columbellaria laevicostata n. sp." = Colombellina (Columbellaria) snail Columbellaria tuberculosa Binkhorst 1861 snail
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Scaphella sp. Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute Scaphella sp. 2
Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae	Turricula sp. Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail Turricula sp. 2
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes hoernesi, ? Natica cretacea Gyrodes hoernesi moon snail ? Natica cretacea Goldfuss 1841 moon snail
Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae	Trochacanthus monilifer Trochacanthus monilifer snail Trochacanthus tricarinatus monilifer
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	Calliomphalus boimstrofensis, Calliomphalus granulatus, Calliomphalus inaequecostatus, Calliomphalus (Planolatralus) fruchti Calliomphalus boimstrofensis snail Calliomphalus granulatus snail Calliomphalus rimosus granulatus Calliomphalus inaequecostatus snail Calliomphalus (Planolatralus) fruchti snail
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Cylichna faba Cylichna faba Kner 1869 snail
Ptenoglossa - Vasidae	Tudicla carinata Tudicla carinata snail
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Sareptidae	"Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica "Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana producta, Nuculana puschi, ? Nuculana brevirostris Nuculana producta pointed nut clam Nuculana puschi pointed nut clam ? Nuculana brevirostris pointed nut clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Acutostrea lunata, Acutostrea incurva Acutostrea lunata oyster Acutostrea incurva Nilsson 1827 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis "Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Ostreida - Bakevelliidae	Gervillia solenoidea Gervillia solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster
Pectinida - Limidae	Limatula kunradensis, ? Pseudolimea granulata Limatula kunradensis file clam ? Pseudolimea granulata file clam
Pectinida - Dimyidae	Atreta nilssoni Atreta nilssoni Hagenow 1842 scallop
Pectinida - Propeamussiidae	Propeamussium (Parvamussium) inversum Propeamussium (Parvamussium) inversum Nilsson 1827 mud scallop
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Mimachlamys cretosa, "Lyropecten (Aequipecten) wisniowskii" = Aequipecten, Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis, "Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Mimachlamys cretosa Defrance 1822 scallop Mimachlamys cretosa cretosa "Lyropecten (Aequipecten) wisniowskii" = Aequipecten scallop Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis Orbigny 1847 scallop "Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Arcida - Arcidae	Barbatia geinitzi Barbatia geinitzi Reuss 1844 clam
Poromyida - Cuspidariidae	Cuspidaria caudata Cuspidaria caudata clam
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya (Procardia) decussata Pholadomya (Procardia) decussata Mantell 1822 clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Nemocardium fenestratum Nemocardium fenestratum cockle
Reptilia
Squamata - Mosasauridae	Prognathodon sp.², Hainosaurus sp.¹ Prognathodon sp.² Dollo 1889 mosasaur IGPUWAR−6 (tooth crown) Hainosaurus sp.¹ Dollo 1885 mosasaur "Plioplatecarpinae sp. A" - IGPUWAR−5 (fragmentary tooth crown)

¹Jagt et al. 2005; ²Machalski et al. 2003