Prochnik I, Elblag Elevation Region (Pleistocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (54.2° N, 19.5° E: paleocoordinates 54.2° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone

• marine sediments; sand and gravel transgressive beds

Size class: macrofossils

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 64113: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 01.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopea arctica" = Panomya norvegica Spengler 1793 clam
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle