Bolko Quarry (Cretaceous to of Poland)

Where: Opole, Poland (50.6° N, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 16.5° E)

When: Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• The teeth of P. mammillaris and two teeth of Cretoxyrhinidae were collected in the uppermost I. perplexus zone of the Marly limestones unit.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. Niedźwiedzki and M. Kalina. 2003. Late Cretaceous sharks in the Opole Silesia region (SW Poland). Geologia Sudetica 35(1-76):13-24 [M. Clapham/M. Gagucas/M. Gagucas]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231881: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Melanie Gagucas on 26.09.2023

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus mammillaris Agassiz 1835 elasmobranch