Faustianka, Czestochowa region, Opolskie (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.1° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 25.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• Procerites progracilis Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, black, gray claystone

• Most of the gastropods studied in this monograph come from clayey facies of more or less open sea environments (there is no detailed information for the distinct localities provided).
• The section exposes about 8 meters of black to gray clays with layers of ironstone nodules. Three gastropod yielding samples (5kg each) were taken from the upper part of the section.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: sieve,

• Rock samples collected over the period 1995-2002; the material is housed at the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) in Warsaw (abbreviated ZPAL) and the Museum of the Earth PAS in Warsaw (abbreviated MZ).

Primary reference: A. Kaim. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62:1-183 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63058: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 04.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Focus on gastropods.
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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Tofanellidae
"Chrysallida minuera" = Urlocella minuera
"Chrysallida minuera" = Urlocella minuera Grundel 1998 snail
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda makowskii
Mathilda makowskii Kaim 2004 snail
 Heterostropha - Stuoraxidae
Stuoraxis wareni n. sp.
Stuoraxis wareni n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Heterostropha - Bullinidae
Sulcoactaeon polonicus n. sp.
Sulcoactaeon polonicus n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Sinuarbullina ansorgi
Sinuarbullina ansorgi Gründel 1997 snail
 Heterostropha - Cornirostridae
Bandellina riedeli
Bandellina riedeli Gründel 1998 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Azyga faustiankensis n. sp.
Azyga faustiankensis n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Eucycloscala "sp. 2", Eucycloscala izabellae n. sp.
Eucycloscala "sp. 2" Cossmann 1895 snail
juvenile
Eucycloscala izabellae n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Parvitomella gofasi n. sp.
Parvitomella gofasi n. sp. Kaim 2004 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Torallochus faustiankensis n. sp.
Torallochus faustiankensis n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Eudaronia pusilla
Eudaronia pusilla Gründel 2000 snail
juvenile
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Cryptaulax "sp. 1", Cryptaulax "sp. 2", Cryptaulax quenstedti, "Cryptaulax armata" = Cryptaulax armatum
Cryptaulax quenstedti Walther 1951 snail
"Cryptaulax armata" = Cryptaulax armatum Goldfuss 1843 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pommerozygiidae
Pommerozygiidae indet.
Pommerozygiidae indet. Gründel 1999 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Bralitzia faustiankensis n. sp.
Bralitzia faustiankensis n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
over 100 shells from different localities in poland
 Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
Astandes ticurelatus
Astandes ticurelatus Gründel 2001 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Spinigera sp., Dicroloma nudispira n. sp.
Spinigera sp. d'Orbigny 1852 snail
Dicroloma nudispira n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
over 50 shells