Lychow Limestone: Middle Miocene, Poland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus adriaticus
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Brachidontes biali
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Brachidontes marginatus
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Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Modiolula phaseolina
(Philippi 1844)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Gregariella fuschi
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea digitalina
(Eichwald 1830)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Neopycnodonte navicularis
(Brocchi 1814)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon radiatus
(Anton 1838)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Limatula subauriculata
(Montagu 1808)
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| recombined as Lima subauriculata | ||||||||||
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Lima (Lima) lima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula (Plicatula) striata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia ephippium
Linnaeus 1758
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| Subspecies: Anomia ephippium rugulosostriata [entered as Anomia ehippium] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Crassadoma multistriata
(Poli 1795)
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| recombined as Talochlamys multistriata | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus
Eichwald 1830
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Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans
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| original and current combination Aequipecten | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) deshayesi
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Arcopsis papillifera
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Striarca lactea
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Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Arca (Arca) noae
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Arca noae | ||||||||||
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Acar clathrata
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Bathyarca pectunculoides
(Scacchi 1834)
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Anadara (Anadara) diluvii
(Lamarck 1805)
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| recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divalinga ornata
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Loripes (Loripes) dujardini
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Linga (Linga) columbella
(Lamarck 1818)
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Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus
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| reassigned as Lucina (Microloripes) | ||||||||||
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Megaxinus (Megaxinus) transversus
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Ctena (Ctena) decussata
(Costa 1829)
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| recombined as Codakia (Ctena) decussata | ||||||||||
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Lucinoma borealis
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa
(Montagu 1803)
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| original and current combination Tellina flexuosa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus nitidus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
(Montagu 1803)
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Irus (Irus) irus
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieskii
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Venus (Venus) subrotunda
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Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa
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Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella
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Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
(Lamarck 1818)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Trapezidae
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Coralliophaga (Coralliophaga) lithophagella
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| original and current combination Chama gryphoides | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
(Montagu 1803)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Parvicardium holubicense
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Parvicardium subhispidum
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax (Paradonax) intermedia
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia pusilla
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Hiatella arctica | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Scalaricardita scalaris
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| spelled with current rank as Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) | ||||||||||
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Cardites partschi
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Glans (Centrocardita) rudista
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte (Astarte) waeli
Glibert 1945
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| recombined as Goodallia (Goodallia) waeli | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 22.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.1° North, 20.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lychow | ||||
| Local section: | Roztocze | ||||
| Regional section: | Carpathian | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Miocene (late Badenian). Observed thickness of limestones is about 5 m. Calcareous nannoplankton indicates Late Badenian nannozone NN6-7. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Laminated crusts of coralline algae and shells of sessile gastropods. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Accumulated on the sea bottom in extremely shallow water, under high hydrodynamic conditions. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collections are housed in the Museum of the Earth (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw). Material collected by Jakubowski and Macioszczyk between 1975 and 1979. Some material is housed in the Museum of the State Geological Survey | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for bivalvia. No other Molluscan groups reported. Nomenclature appears fair to good. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51691 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-10 12:27:48 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-10 12:27:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13761. | B. Studencka. 1994. Middle Miocene bivalve faunas from the carbonate deposits of Poland (Central Paratethys). Geologie Mediterraneenne 11(1-2):137-145 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |