Where: Poland (50.7° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 20.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Weglinek Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Miocene (late Badenian). Observed thickness of limestones is about 5 m. Calcareous nannoplankton indicates Late Badenian nannozone NN6-7.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: 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

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51690: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.06.2005

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