Lukow, Podlasie region, Lubelskie (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.9° N, 22.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 28.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Quenstedtoceras lamberti Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, concretionary, black claystone

• Most of the gastropods studied in this monograph come from clayey facies of more or less open sea environments (Lukow: The source of the Callovian clay is probably the bottom of the Baltic Sea, northward from Gdansk).
• Late Callovian black clay with limestone concretions.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: sieve,

• The collection comes from several sources. The largest part was collected by G. Jakubowski (1958-1966) and deposited at the Museum of the Earth PAS in Warsaw.

Primary reference: A. Kaim. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62:1-183 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63064: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 04.08.2006, edited by Loic Villier and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Focus on gastropods.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Longaeviceras polonicum n. sp.1 Callomon and Wright 1989 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Teutonica jakubowskii n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
Teutonica calloviana Gründel 2001 snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Aequispirella jurassica n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
juvenile
Eudaronia pusilla Gründel 2000 snail
juvenile
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Torallochus lukovensis n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
incl. juveniles
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliotropis sp. Seguenza 1903 snail
Eucycloscala "sp. 1" Cossmann 1895 snail
juvenile
Turcica gerasimovi n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Neotaenioglossa -
Ptenoglossa indet. Gray 1853 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Cryptaulax "sp. 3" snail
juvenile
Cryptaulax echinata Buch 1831 snail
Cryptaulax quenstedti Walther 1951 snail
? Cryptaulax mutabilis Gerasimov 1955 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Knightella sp. Longstaff 1933 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Dicroloma cochleata Quenstedt 1858 snail
over 100 shells
Pietteia subbicarinata d'Orbigny 1847 snail
over 20 shells
Pietteia pellati Piette 1867 snail
over 20 shells
 Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
Astandes conspicuus Eichwarld 1868 snail
over 100 shells
Astandes kostromensis Gerasimov 1955 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpurina coronata Hebert and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860 periwinkle
Purpurina formosa Eichwald 1868 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Buvignieria studenckae n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
Buvignieria piserai n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
Buvignieria calloviana Gründel 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Newtoniellidae
Cosmocerithium lukovensis n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
Cosmocerithium kosmai n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
Cosmocerithium polonicum n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Bralitzia striatissima Gründel 1998 snail
Bralitzia obtusa Lycett 1850 snail
juvenile
Bralitzia acuminata Gründel 1999 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
"Cryptaulax undulata" = Rhabdocolpus spinicostatus, "Cryptaulax muricata" = Rhabdocolpus muricatum
"Cryptaulax undulata" = Rhabdocolpus spinicostatus Hudleston 1889 snail
"Cryptaulax muricata" = Rhabdocolpus muricatum Sowerby 1825 snail
incl. juveniles
 Heterostropha - Cornirostridae
Bandellina miniperforata Gründel 1998 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina schneideri Gründel 1997 snail
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Sinuarbullina sp. Gründel 1997 snail
juvenile
 Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae
Ebala varsoviensis n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
"Mathilda striatissima" = Tricarilda striatissima Grundel 1999 snail
Mathilda podlasiensis n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
Mathilda angulata Grundel 1997 snail
Mathilda schmidti Walther 1951 snail
Mathilda makowskii n. sp. Kaim 2004 snail
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia gruendeli, "Clathrobaculus "sp. 2"" = Promathildia
Promathildia gruendeli Kaim 2004 snail
"Clathrobaculus "sp. 2"" = Promathildia Andreae 1887 snail
Holothuroidea
 Apodida - Achistridae
Achistrum monochordata2 Hodson et al. 1956 sea cucumber
Achistrum gamma2 Hodson et al. 1956 sea cucumber
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Benthopectinidae
Benthopectinidae indet.3 Verrill 1899 sea star
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
? Advenaster sp.3 Hess 1955 sea star
? Pentasteria sp.3 Valette 1929 sea star
 Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae
Stauranderasteridae indet.3 Spencer 1913 sea star
Poncetaster crateri3 Villier et al. 2004 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae indet.3 Forbes 1841 sea star
Pulcinellaster lukowensis n. sp.3 Villier 2008 sea star
? Comptoniaster sp.3 Breton 1983 sea star