Nawodzice sand pit (Miocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.6° N, 21.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 20.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nawodzice sands Formation, Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: E. Nosowska. 1997. Asteroids from Nawodzice sands (Middle Miocene; Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica 47(3-4):225-541 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126551: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 06.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropecten sp. Gray 1840 sea star
226 ossicles
Astropecten navodicensis n. sp. Nosowska 1997 sea star
27 partial skeletons, and 1770 ossicles
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae indet. Forbes 1841 sea star
34 ossicles
Ceramaster polonicus n. sp. Nosowska 1997 sea star
3 partial skeletons, 106 ossicles