Lipie Slaskie clay-pit, Lisowice: Norian - Rhaetian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Classipollis sp.
pollen
Ricciisporites cf. tuberculatus
Knethichnus parallelum
Niedzwiedzki et al. 2011 5 specimens
Linichus serratus
Niedzwiedzki et al. 2011 5 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae
Cyclotosaurinae indet. Shishkin 1964
7 specimens
ZPAL V33/1, 4-7, 11, 13
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae
Plagiosauridae indet. Abel 1919
3 specimens
ZPAL V33/192-194
Reptilia
Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834
isolated wing bones
    = ? Diapsida indet. Osborn 1903
Dalla Vecchia 2013
cf. Coelophysoidea indet. Holtz 1994
2 specimens
ZPAL V33/41, MB/1
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
2 individuals
ZPAL V33/15 (holotype), ZPAL V.33/16-56, 97-102, 295-314, 434, 507, remains of a single individual. ZPAL V.33/434, ZPAL V.33/49, premaxilla and pubis collected from different stratigraphic level
    = Smok wawelski n. gen., n. sp. Niedzwiedzki et al. 2012
Niedzwiedzki et al. 2012
Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikulas et al. 2006
Niedzwiedzki et al. 2011 1 specimen
Archosauria indet. (Cope 1869)
small
    = Poposauroidea indet. Nopcsa 1923
Niedzwiedzki et al. 2012
Anomodontia
Dicynodontia indet. (Owen 1859)
89 specimens
ZPAL V33/75-77, 84-85, 96; similar to Ischigualastia
Anomodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Lisowicia bojani n. gen., n. sp. Sulej and Niedźwiedzki 2019
Sulej and Niedźwiedzki 2019 21 specimens
Dipnoi
Dipnoi indet. Müller 1884
teeth
Palaeonisciformes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
"ganoid skull elements and scales"
    = Palaeonisciformes indet. Hay 1902
Niedzwiedzki et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
fin spines
Bivalvia - Unionida
Tihkia silesiaca n. sp. Skawina and Dzik 2011
Skawina and Dzik 2011
Branchiopoda - Euestheriidae
cf. Euestheria brodieana
"similar to..."
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Lepidopteris cf. ottonis
Equisetopsida - Cheirolepidiaceae
cf. Hirmeriella muensteri (Schenk 1867)
"similar to..."
unclassified
Horstisporites bertelseni
Angiospermae
Monosulcites cf. minimus Cookson 1947
Coniferales - Palissyaceae
cf. Stachyotaxus septentrionalis Agardh 1886
"similar to..."
unclassified
Trileites cf. pinguis
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland State/province:Slaskie County:Lubliniecki
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 18.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 16.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:257 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian - Rhaetian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zbaszynek Beds/Wielichowo Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "The strata exposed in the Lipie Slaskie clay-pit are correlatable with the upper part of the subsurface Zbaszynek Beds and lower part of the Wielichowo Beds (Late Triassic: latest Norian-early Rhaetian). These formations apparently continue into the Exter Formation of the Upper Keuper in the east German part of the Germanic Basin" (Niedzwiedzki et al. 2011)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular,concretionary,pyritic,gray,green muddy,calcareous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a lenticular body of grey mudstone and claystone...[bones are] mostly covered with calcareous and pyritic crust or preserved within limestone concretions." Described later as "greenish-grey."
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:preferred
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:many
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying,surface (float),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: ZPAL: Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Metadata
Database number:85500
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Butler, E. Dunne, M. Uhen Enterer:M. Carrano, A. Murch, R. Butler, M. Ruciński, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-01-02 14:11:36 Last modified:2021-05-04 12:35:01
Access level:the public Released:2009-01-02 14:11:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28888.ETE J. Dzik, T. Sulej, and G. Niedzwiedzki. 2008. A dicynodont-theropod association in the latest Triassic of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(4):733-738 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

47033 F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2013. Triassic pterosaurs. In S. J. Nesbitt, J. B. Desojo, R. B. Irmis (eds.), Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
28932ETE J. Dzik, G. Niedzwiedzki, and T. Sulej. 2008. Zaskakujace uwienczenie ery gadów ssakoksztaltnych. Ewolucja 3:28-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
35703 G. Niedzwiedzki, P. Gorzelak, and T. Sulej. 2011. Bite traces on dicynodont bones and the early evolution of large terrestrial predators. Lethaia 44:87-92 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
37175 G. Niedzwiedzki, T. Sulej, and J. Dzik. 2012. A large predatory archosaur from the Late Triassic of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(2):267-276 [R. Butler/R. Butler/G. Liggett]
81433 A. Skawina and J. Dzik. 2011. Umbonal musculature and relationships of the Late Triassic filibranch unionoid bivalves. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:863-883 [E. Dunne/M. Ruciński]
71794 T. Sulej and G. Niedźwiedzki. 2019. An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs. Science 363:78-80 [S. Hellert/S. Hellert/P. Wagner]