Kamienny Dol gorge (Paleocene of Poland)

Also known as Kazimierz Dolny; Kamienny Dól

Where: Lublin, Poland (51.3° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; phosphatic, gray, green sandstone

• Sandy gaize with phosphorites, green-gray

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1995

Primary reference: M. Zarski, G. Jakubowski, and E. Gawor-Biedowa. 1998. The first Polish find of lower Paleocene crocodile Thoracosaurus Leidy, 1852: geological and palaeontological description. Geological Quarterly 42(2):141-160 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142340: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 09.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
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 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Foraminifera
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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Thoracosaurus sp. Leidy 1852 crocodilian
Dorsal vertebra, partial sacrum and six caudal vertebrae from one individual