Korytnica Clays, Holy Cross Mts. (Miocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.7° N, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; claystone and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Schultz. 1979. Supplementary notes on elasmobranch and teleost fish remains from the Korytnica Clays (Middle Miocene; Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica 29(3):287-293 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 162017: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 17.09.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp., Sphyrna laevissima
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
Sphyrna laevissima Cope 1867 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Paragaleus pulchelllls, Paragaleus sp.
Paragaleus sp. Budker 1935 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus cf. goncalvesi
Galeorhinus cf. goncalvesi Antunes et al. 1999 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo affinis, Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo affinis tiger shark
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Pachyscyllium dachiardii, Scyliorhinus distans
Pachyscyllium dachiardii Lawley 1876 cat shark
Scyliorhinus distans Probst 1879 cat shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias taurus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias exigua
Alopias exigua Probst 1879 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Hexanchus primigenius
Hexanchus primigenius sixgill shark
 Rajiformes -
Rajoidei indet.
Rajoidei indet. Garman 1913 ray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Mobula loupianensis, Myliobatis sp.
Mobula loupianensis Cappetta 1970 devil ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Taeniurops cavernosus, Dasyatis delfortriei, Dasyatis applanata, Dasyatis strangulata, Dasyatis probsti, Dasyatis cavernosa, Dasyatis rugosa
Taeniurops cavernosus Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis delfortriei whiptail stingray
Dasyatis applanata whiptail stingray
Dasyatis strangulata Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis probsti Cappetta 1970 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp., Rhinoptera schultzi
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Rhinoptera schultzi Hiden 1995 cownose ray
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
 Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena substriata
Sphyraena substriata Münster 1846 barracuda
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomberomorus sp.
Scomberomorus sp. Lacépède 1802
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Diplodus sp.
Diplodus sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus sp., Dentex sp.
Sparus sp. Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet., Labrodon sp.
Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816
Labrodon sp. Gervais 1857
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Balistes sp.
Balistes sp. Linnaeus 1758