Blizne, Middle Carpathians (Paleocene of Poland)

Also known as KT loc. 435

Where: Poland (49.8° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Czarnorzeki Beds Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Dated by Szechura, J., and Pozaryska, K. (1974). “Foraminiferida from the Paleocene of Polish carpathians (Babica Clays).” Palaeontologica Polonica, 31, 1-142. as upper Paleocene

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified sandstone and poorly lithified claystone

• Clayey intercalations between thickly bedded sandstone.

•Deposition in shallow water and transported into flysch basin by mud flows

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Corals and bivalves associated but not described

Primary reference: W. Krach. 1963. Mollusca of the Babica Clays (Paleocene) of the Middle Carpathians. Pt. I. Gastropoda. Studia Geologica Polonica 14:1-151 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27020: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods included
unclassified
  -
Tympanonotonos sp.
Tympanotomus sp. n. (ex gr. T. papalis)
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
 Neritoina - Fedaiellidae
"Natica deshayesi" = Fedaiella elongata
"Natica deshayesi" = Fedaiella elongata Münster 1841 snail
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Boutillieria carpatica snail
Leptothyra carpatica Kropaczek
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Angaria sp. Röding 1798 snail
Angarina sp.
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
sp. ind. 1, 2
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Acirsella inermis" = Acirsa (Acirsella) wentletrap
Acirsa (Acirsella) inermis
? Scalaria magna wentletrap
Scalaria magna Necajev
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea montensis slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"? Ptychocerithium sp." = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium), "Ptychocerithium resoviense" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium), "Ptychocerithium semicostatum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)
"? Ptychocerithium sp." = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Sacco 1895 cerith snail
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) defrancei
"Ptychocerithium resoviense" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cerith snail
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) resoviense
"Ptychocerithium semicostatum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cerith snail
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) semicostatum
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
 Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium paleocaenicum Traub 1938 snail
Cerithium (Metacerithium) paleocaenicum
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Melanatria archiaci snail
Faunus (Melanatria) archiaci
Melanatria bosniaca Oppenheim 1908 snail
Faunus (Melanatria) bosniaca
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia patula turret shell
Mesalia turbinoides turret shell
Turritella coemansi turret shell
Turritella nysti turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella arsenei Briart and Cornet 1873 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
"Ptychopotamides sp." = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Sacco 1895 horn snail
Potamides (Ptychopotamides) sp. n. 1
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis (? Coptostylus) ? pourcyensis snail
Melanopsis (Coptostylus) pourcyensis Cossmann ?
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824 snail
includes M. sodalis?
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Cornetia malaisei snail
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) malaisei
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
sp. ind. 1 and 3
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mitreola olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Popenoeum robusta" = Popenoeum lacunosum Pacaud and Schnetler 1999 true whelk
Pseudoliva canaliculata = P. robusta
Pseudoliva serrata Traub 1938 true whelk
Cominella supracostata Traub 1938 true whelk
? Wrigleya ? reticulata true whelk
Turbinella reticulata?
Parvisipho sp. Cossmann 1889 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Turricula sp." = Turricula, "Surcula cf. miqueli" = Turricula, "Surcula sp." = Turricula
"Turricula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
sp. ind. 1, 3
"Surcula cf. miqueli" = Turricula snail
"Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"? Volutilithes ? torulosus" = Eopsephaea torulosa Deshayes 1835 volute
V. torulosus?
? Mitreola ? chausseyensis volute
Mira chausseyensis Cossmann?
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
sp. ind. 1, 4, 5
"Athleta cf. elevata" = Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby 1840 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficus (Fulguroficus) ? tricostatus" = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus)
"Ficus (Fulguroficus) ? tricostatus" = Ficopsis (Fulguroficus) fig shell
Pirula tricostata ?
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Sassia rutoti triton shell
Eutritonium (Sassia) rutoti
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Bernaya meunieri" = Lyncina amygdalina, Cypraea sp.
"Bernaya meunieri" = Lyncina amygdalina Deshayes 1835 cowry
Cypraea (Bernayia) meunieri
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
sp. ind. 2
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticina) cf. turbinata" = Sigaretus (Naticina)
"Natica (Naticina) cf. turbinata" = Sigaretus (Naticina) moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus moerchi worm shell
Vermetus mörchi
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
"Newtoniella sp." = Cerithiella
"Newtoniella sp." = Cerithiella Verrill 1882 snail
sp. ind. 3
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Gilbertina ? inopinata Morlet 1888 snail
Gilbertia inopinata
? Eriptycha sp. Meek 1876 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander polysarcus Cossmann and Pissarro 1913 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea simplex Dickerson 1917 limpet
Helcion simplex
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
sp. ind. 1, 2