Plosina, Middle Carpathians (Paleocene of Poland)

Also known as KT loc. 435

Where: Poland (49.8° N, 21.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-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,

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 27019: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods included - some very doubtful taxa left away
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
 Neritoina - Fedaiellidae
"Natica deshayesi" = Fedaiella elongata
"Natica deshayesi" = Fedaiella elongata Münster 1841 snail
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Boutillieria carpatica snail
Leptothyra carpatica Kropaczek
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
Cirsochilus carpatica snail
Collonia (Cirsochilus) carpatica
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Angaria sp. Röding 1798 snail
Angarina sp. n.
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Tectus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
Calliostoma babicensis top snail
Eumargarita carpatica
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus sp. Cossmann 1888 snail
sp. ind. 1, 2
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Acirsella inermis" = Acirsa (Acirsella) wentletrap
? Scalaria magna wentletrap
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea montensis slipper shell
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium gibbosum cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Keilostoma plicatulum snail
Paryphostoma plicatum
 Cerithioidea - Brachytrematidae
 Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium paleocaenicum Traub 1938 snail
Cerithium (Metacerithium) paleocaenicum
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Melanatria archiaci snail
Faunus (Melanatria) archiaci
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Mesalia patula turret shell
Turritella coemansi turret shell
Turritella nysti turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella arsenei Briart and Cornet 1873 turret shell
Turritella montensis Briart and Cornet 1873 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos aff. calcitrapoides horn snail
Tympanotomus aff. calcitrapoides
Tympanotonos cf. funatus horn snail
Tympanotomus cf. funatus
Tympanotonos sp. Schumacher 1817 horn snail
Tympanotomus sp. n. (ex gr. T. papalis)
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
"Ptychopotamides sp." = Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Sacco 1895 horn snail
Potamides (Ptychopotamides) sp. n. 1
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis ? sodalis Deshayes 1862 snail
Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824 snail
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Cornetia cf. malaisei snail
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) malaisei
Pyrgulifera ? bicarinata Traub 1938 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina barytata, Ampullina sp., "? Ampullospira ? levesquei" = Ampullina (Ampullospira), "Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
sp. ind. 1-3
"? Ampullospira ? levesquei" = Ampullina (Ampullospira) snail
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra wateleti mitre shell
Turricula (Fusimitra) wateleti
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mitreola olive snail
Pseudolivella cf. acuta olive snail
Olivella cf. acuta
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Eocantharus costellifer" = Cantharus (Eocantharus) true whelk
Tritonidea costellifera
"Popenoeum robusta" = Popenoeum lacunosum Pacaud and Schnetler 1999 true whelk
Pseudoliva canaliculata = P. robusta
Cominella supracostata Traub 1938 true whelk
Siphonalia mariae true whelk
? Wrigleya reticulata true whelk
Turbinella reticulata?
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma bulbiforme Lamarck 1803 snail
Sycum bulbiforme
"Hemifusus ? supramoerchi" = Volema (Hemifusus) snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Surcula sp." = Turricula
"Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
sp. ind. 1, 2
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria ? coemansi snail
Borsonia coemansi
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra sp. Conrad 1865 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes sp. Swainson 1829 volute
sp. ind. 1, 2
Lyria harpula Lamarck 1802 volute
? Mitreola gosseleti volute
Mitra gosseleti
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
sp. ind. 2, ?3
"Athleta mutata" = Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus Deshayes 1835 volute
"Athleta cf. elevata" = Volutocorbis elevata Sowerby 1840 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Bernaya meunieri" = Lyncina amygdalina, Cypraea sp.
"Bernaya meunieri" = Lyncina amygdalina Deshayes 1835 cowry
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
sp. ind. 2
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amauropsina canaliculata Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Natica (Amauropsina) canaliculata
"Natica perforata" = Euspira perforata Deshayes 1864 moon snail
Natica abducta moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus moerchi worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix ? tuba hoof shell
Hipponix sp. Defrance 1819 hoof shell
sp. ind. 2
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea parisiensis, "Actaeon gilberti" = Acteon
"Actaeon gilberti" = Acteon snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Opisthobranchia -
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna verneuili snail
Bullinella verneuili
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea simplex Dickerson 1917 limpet
Helcion simplex
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nerita tricarinata Lamarck 1804 snail
Nerita granulosa Deshayes 1824 snail