Horizon 5a/b, Lecze, Elblag Elevation Region (Pleistocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (54.3° N, 19.5° E: paleocoordinates 54.3° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lecze Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; unlithified claystone

• compact clays, peaty clays

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. Makowska. 1986. Morza plejstocenskie w Polsce; osady, wiek i paleogeografia [Pleistocene seas in Poland; sediments, age and paleogeography]. Prace Instytutu Geologicznego 120:74 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64129: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 01.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Radix sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata cristata Müller 1774 snail
Valvata piscinalis Müller 1774 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer 1821 pea clam