MA-4, Mójcza Section (Ordovician of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.8° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 54.8° S, 81.1° E)

When: Amorphognathus superbus conodont zone, Mójcza Limestone Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• 1.5 m above the bentonite (sample MA-5)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. Dzik. 1994. Machaeridians, chitons, and conchiferan molluscs of the Mójcza Limestone. Palaeontologia Polonica 53:213-252 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233108: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 13.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Cardiolariidae
? Deceptrix sp.
? Deceptrix sp. Fuchs 1919 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Nuculoidea sp.
? Nuculoidea sp. Williams and Berger 1916 nut clam
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Clisospiridae
Mimospira sp.
Mimospira sp. Koken and Perner 1925
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea cf. glindmeyeri, ? Pachystrophia sp.
Holopea cf. glindmeyeri Rohr 1980 snail
? Pachystrophia sp. Perner 1903 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Kokenospira sp.
Kokenospira sp. Bassler 1915 snail
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Modestospira sp.
Modestospira sp. Yochelson 1964 snail
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Septemchitonidae
Sarkachiton kielcensis n. sp.
Sarkachiton kielcensis n. sp. Dzik 1994 chiton
 Paleoloricata - Mattheviidae
Chelodes sp.
Chelodes sp. Davidson and King 1874 chiton
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Orthothecidae
Quadrotheca cf. aetherica
 Orthothecida - Novitatidae
? Nephrotheca sp.
? Nephrotheca sp. Marek 1966
 Hyolithida - Carinolithidae
Carinolithes sp.
Carinolithes sp. Sysoev 1958
 Hyolithida - Pauxillitidae
Recilites sp.
Recilites sp. Marek 1967
Orthothecimorpha
 Circothecida -
Mojczatheca triangularis