Nowa Wies (Leitha Limestone) (Miocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.5° N, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leitha Limestone Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Leitha Limestone. This is possibly a correlative of the Pinczow Limestone of subsequent authors. AGE: Tortonian. Justification is not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not stated in text. Fauna has tropical elements.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be lithified given that it is from a limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Radwanski, A.

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Radwanski, A., ~1960's. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: A. Radwanski. 1965. A contribution to the knowledge of Miocene Elasmobranchii from Pinczow (Poland). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 10(2):267-276 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121515: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.12.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative, but somewhat antiquated paper, with species-level taxonomy.
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
"Aetobatis arcuatus" = Aetobatus irregularis
"Aetobatis arcuatus" = Aetobatus irregularis Agassiz 1843 stingray
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius
"Notidanus primigenius" = Notorhynchus primigenius Agassiz 1835 sevengill shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Eugaleus latus Leriche 1910 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Carcharias (Hypoprion) sp." = Hypoprion, "Carcharias (Prionodon) sp." = Prionace
"Carcharias (Hypoprion) sp." = Hypoprion Muller and Henle 1838 requiem shark
"Carcharias (Prionodon) sp." = Prionace Cantor 1849 blue shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias (Aprionodon) cf. collata Eastman 1904 sand shark
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus, "Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Oxyrhina desori" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon