Krzyzanowice: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, Poland
collected by Paleozoological Institute and the Museum of Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences 1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Borsuk-Bialynicka and Mlynarski 1968 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
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Ostreoidea indet.
(Rafinesque 1815)
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Borsuk-Bialynicka and Mlynarski 1968 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Ostreacea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerineidae
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Nerinea desvoidyi
D'Orbigny 1921
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Borsuk-Bialynicka and Mlynarski 1968 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica cf. suprajurensis
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Borsuk-Bialynicka and Mlynarski 1968 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Terebratula sp.
Müller 1776
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Borsuk-Bialynicka and Mlynarski 1968 | |||||||||
| misspelled as Terabratula | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Madzia et al. 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| ZPAL V. 69/1 (“ZPAL V-KRZ/33”), an isolated tooth crown | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiochelyidae
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Tretosternon aff. punctatum
Owen 1842
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Borsuk-Bialynicka and Mlynarski 1968 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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= ? Tretosternon sp.
Owen 1842
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Mlynarski 1984 | |||||||||
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= Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Joyce et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| Until this specimen is redescribedand the nature of its surface sculpture clarified, we question its identity as a solemydid and identify it as a turtle with uncertain phylogenetic affinities. | ||||||||||
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= ? Craspedochelys sp.
Rütimeyer 1873
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Madzia et al. 2021 | |||||||||
| MZ VIII Vr-71, shell fragments | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Cryptoclididae
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? Cryptoclididae indet.
Williston 1925
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Madzia et al. 2021 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MZ VIII Vr-73 (“ZPAL V-KRZ/32”) (see above with respect to the ambiguity regarding the catalogue number of the specimen), a pectoral vertebral centrum | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Metriorhynchidae indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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Madzia et al. 2021 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MZ VIII Vr-72, partial jaws and dentition | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Poland | State/province: | Ilza |
| Coordinates: | 50.0° North, 18.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.6° North, 25.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nerinea limestone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Paleozoological Institute and the Museum of Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences | Collection dates: | 1962 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123852 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, E. Vlachos, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | R. Benson, D. Nicholson, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | D. Nicholson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-01 05:30:50 | Last modified: | 2015-03-10 11:27:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-01 05:30:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39848. | W. G. Joyce, S. D. Chapman, R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker. 2011. The skull of the solemydid turtle Helochelydra nopcsai from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (UK) and a review of Solemydidae. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:75-97 [R. Benson/R. Benson/D. Nicholson] |
Secondary references:
| 54574 | M. Borsuk-Bialynicka and M. Mlynarski. 1968. The first finding of the Mesozoic marine turtle Tretosternon aff. punctatum Owen, 1848 in Poland. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 12:217-221 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 75156 | D. Madzia, T. Szczygielski, and A. S. Wolniewicz. 2021. The giant pliosaurid that wasn’t—revising the marine reptiles from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic, of Krzyżanowice, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66:1-31 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 65727 | Μ Mlynarski. 1984. Fossil Chelonians of Poland. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia, volumen especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1:189-203 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |