Where: Poland (50.7° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Weglin Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Middle Miocene (late Badenian). Observed thickness of limestones is about 5 m. Calcareous nannoplankton indicates Late Badenian nannozone NN6-7.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Collections are housed in the Museum of the Earth (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw). Material collected by Jakubowski and Macioszczyk between 1975 and 1979. Some material is housed in the Museum of the State Geological Survey
Primary reference: B. Studencka. 1994. Middle Miocene bivalve faunas from the carbonate deposits of Poland (Central Paratethys). Geologie Mediterraneenne 11(1-2):137-145 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51689: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Linga (Linga) columbella, "Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes)
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
"Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes) clam | |
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Sphenia anatima softshell clam | |
Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieski, Irus (Irus) irus, Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella, Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, Venus (Venus) subrotunda, Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa, Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Timoclea (Timoclea) sobieski venus clam
Irus (Irus) irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) libella venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Venus (Venus) subrotunda venus clam
Venus (Venus) tauroverrucosa venus clam
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Alveinus nitidus clam | |
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Ervilia pusilla clam | |
"Lasaea rubra" = Lasaea adansoni
"Lasaea rubra" = Lasaea adansoni Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Musculus biformis mussel | |
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga, Mytilaster volhynicus, Modiolula phaseolina, Brachidontes biali, Brachidontes marginatus
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Mytilaster volhynicus mussel
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
Brachidontes biali mussel
Brachidontes marginatus mussel | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Striarca lactea, Bathyarca pectunculoides, "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae, Acar clathrata
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Striarca lactea clam
Bathyarca pectunculoides Scacchi 1834 clam
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
Acar clathrata miniature ark | |
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Lima (Lima) lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Plicatula (Plicatula) striata scallop
Plicatula (Plicatula) mytilina scallop | |
Pecten (Pecten) subarcuatus, "Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) revolutus" = Oppenheimopecten, "Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten, Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus
Pecten (Pecten) subarcuatus scallop
"Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) revolutus" = Oppenheimopecten scallop
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten scallop
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop |