Nasilow, Middle Vistula Valley, opoka: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Volutispina kasimiri
40 specimens
Liophista aequivalvis
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Coelosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Stolarski et al. 2007 1 specimen
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Rhizopoterion coniforme Hurcewicz 1968
Hurcewicz 1968
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Plioplatecarpinae sp. (Dollo 1884)
Machalski et al. 2003
"Plioplatecarpinae sp. B" - MKD. MP−18 (tooth)
    = Hainosaurus sp. Dollo 1885
Jagt et al. 2005
Mosasaurus cf. anceps
Machalski et al. 2003
ZPAL R.9/3 and ZPAL R.9/4 (two teeth)
Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni (Mantell 1829)
Machalski et al. 2003
original and current combination Mosasaurus hoffmannii
IGPUWAR−4 and OGP 1254 (two tooth crowns)
Mosasaurus cf. lemonnieri Dollo 1889
Machalski et al. 2003
ZPAL R. 9/1, ZPAL R. 9/2, and ZPAL R. 9/5 (three tooth crowns)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
? Margarites laevis
1 specimen
Atira laevis
1 specimen
original and current combination Margarites (Atira)
Gastropoda - Nododelphinulidae
Trochacanthus tricarinatus
145 specimens
Trochacanthus tricarinatus tricarinatus
Trochacanthus tricarinatus
9 specimens
Trochacanthus tricarinatus monilifer
Trochacanthus tubercolatocinctus
10 specimens
Trochacanthus nilssoni
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula costatostriata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Conotomaria linearis
13 specimens
Conotomaria sp. Cox 1959
1 specimen
Leptomaria subgigantea
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus rimosus
2 specimens
Calliomphalus rimosus granulatus
Calliomphalus dichotomus
1 specimen
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) quadricinctus
8 specimens
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) nasilowensis n. sp.
8 specimens
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) fruchti
5 specimens
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) amatus
4 specimens
Calliomphalus (Planolateralus) miliariformis
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Chilodontaidae
Chilodonta rudis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) plana
40 specimens
spelled with current rank as Haustator
Turritella hagenoviana
85 specimens
Laxispira cochleiformis
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium paucicostatum
2 specimens
Cerithium griepenkerli
1 specimen
Cerithium mazureki n. sp.
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Confusiscala decorata
4 specimens
Confusiscala cf. contorta
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Lemintina nodosa
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Rostellana aequaecostata
35 specimens
Volutilithes kneri
3 specimens
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832
1 specimen
Scaphella sp.1
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832
6 specimens
Scaphella sp.2
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum giganteum n. sp.
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Graphidula procera
7 specimens
Graphidula radwanskii n. sp.
5 specimens
Graphidula vistulensis n. sp.
1 specimen
Bellifusus septemcostatus
3 specimens
Euthriofusus nereidiformis
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817
1 specimen
Turricula sp.1
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora onusta (Nilsson 1827)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Tibia laevis
10 specimens
Gastropoda - Colombellinidae
Columbellaria laevicostata
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Colombellina (Columbellaria)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pyriformis
40 specimens
Aporrhais granulosa
1 specimen
? Aporrhais luganicus
1 specimen
? Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778
2 specimens
Arrhoges (Latiala) pelecyphora
17 specimens
Perissoptera emarginulata
31 specimens
Kaunhowenia carinifera
1 specimen
Cultrigera arachnoides
1 specimen
? Cultrigera nagorzanyensis
1 specimen
Drepanocheilus substenoptera
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Biplex cretaceous n. sp.
1 specimen
Charonia multicostata
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
? Natica exaltata
14 specimens
? Natica cretacea Goldfuss 1841
13 specimens
Gastropoda - Vasidae
Tudicla carinata
13 specimens
Tudicla althi
3 specimens
Tudicla sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna faba (Kner 1869)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Avellana inversistriata
2 specimens
? Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842
3 specimens
Avellana (?) sp.1
? Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842
2 specimens
Avellana (?) sp.2
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula ascendens
6 specimens
Nucula tenera
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana producta
12 specimens
Nuculana siliqua
2 specimens
Nuculana puschi
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Nucula truncata Gabb 1864
5 specimens
synonym of Portlandia arctica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia santonensis
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte similis Munster 1840
1 specimen
Opis ventricosa
15 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mutiella coarctata
55 specimens
Lucina subnumismalis Orbigny 1850
3 specimens
Lucina laminosa (Reuss 1846)
6 specimens
synonym of Lucina subnumismalis
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liophista (? Psilomya) sp. Meek 1876
9 specimens
spelled with current rank as Liopistha (Psilomya)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria caudata
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia carinifera
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya kasimiri
134 specimens
Pholadomya salzbergensis
13 specimens
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) esmarki (Nilsson 1827)
12 specimens
Goniomya designata
38 specimens
Goniomya mailleana
14 specimens
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya harpa
6 specimens
Cercomya aff. harpa
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea mandibula
44 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen concentristriatus
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Gyropleura inequirostrata
30 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Trapezium trapezoidale
13 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea cf. ovalis
14 specimens
Venilicardia aff. venreyi
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen fragilis
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleuriocardia noeggerathi
7 specimens
Nemocardium fenestratum
35 specimens
Granocardium alutacium
5 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium aff. postulosum
5 specimens
synonym of Trachycardium
Granocardium productum (Sowerby 1832)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus elongatus
65 specimens
Modiolus radiatus
65 specimens
corrected as Modiolus
Modiolus siliquus
1 specimen
Inoperna flagellifera (Forbes 1846)
7 specimens
Septifer scalaris
10 specimens
Septifer lineatus (Sowerby 1836)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea leopoliensis
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia tenuistriata
23 specimens
Barbatia forchammeri
1 specimen
Barbatia geinitzi (Reuss 1844)
15 specimens
Arca (Eonavicula) propinqua
1 specimen
original and current combination Eonavicula
Arca (Eonavicula) granulatoradiata
1 specimen
original and current combination Eonavicula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis rhomboidalis
8 specimens
Limopsis sacheri
30 specimens
Limopsis aff. helenae
11 specimens
Limopsis radiata Meyer 1885
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argentea (Conrad 1858)
55 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea (Schlotheim 1813)
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Phelopteria pectinoidea
2 specimens
Phelopteria cincta
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Pseudoptera coerulescens (Nilsson 1827)
1 specimen
Gervillia solenoidea Defrance 1820
30 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeostrea canaliculata (Sowerby 1813)
14 specimens
original and current combination Chama canaliculata
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare (Lamarck 1806)
60 specimens
recombined as Pycnodonta vesicularis
Hyotissa semiplana (Sowerby 1825)
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta nilssoni (Hagenow 1842)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma) danica
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula kunradensis
42 specimens
Limatula ovata
8 specimens
original and current combination Limatula
Limea geinitzi
6 specimens
? Pseudolimea granulata
24 specimens
Ctenoides dunkeri
6 specimens
Plagiostoma cretacea
36 specimens
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822
45 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis granulosa
13 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Lyriochlamys) septemplicata
28 specimens
original and current combination Lyriochlamys
Camptonectes virgatus (Nilsson 1827)
4 specimens
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) pulchellus (Nilsson 1827)
3 specimens
recombined as Dhondtichlamys pulchellus
Mimachlamys cretosa (Defrance 1822)
5 specimens
Mimachlamys cretosa cretosa
Mimachlamys cretosa (Defrance 1822)
6 specimens
Mimachlamys cretosa denticulata
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) campaniensis (Orbigny 1847)
4 specimens
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus (Alth 1850)
abundant category
Merklinia variabilis (Hagenow 1842)
70 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus truncatus
29 specimens
Spondylus serratus
13 specimens
Spondylus dutempleanus Orbigny 1847
22 specimens
synonym of Spondylus fimbriatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea sexcostata (Woodward 1833)
40 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema nilsoni (Goldfuss 1835)
14 specimens
Syncyclonema gamsensis Dhondt 1971
1 specimen
Syncyclonema haeggi Dhondt 1971
2 specimens
Entolium membranaceum (Nilsson 1827)
6 specimens
recombined as Pecten (Syncyclonema) membranaceus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium inversum (Nilsson 1827)
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium multicostatum
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 22.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.8° North, 18.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian Zone: Belemnella kazimiroviensis
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Opoka
Local section:Nasilow Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray,yellow poorly lithified argillaceous,cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Yellowish-gray siliceous marl, moderately hard, highly fossiliferous, changing into sandy marly opoka, slightly glauconitic
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: inner shelf setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Only non-cephalopod mollusks
Metadata
Database number:27818
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Apel, U. Merkel, P. Mannion, W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Clapham
Created:2003-01-14 02:11:23 Last modified:2024-01-23 16:14:36
Access level:group members Released:2005-01-14 02:11:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7642. G. I. Abdel-Gawad. 1986. Maastrichtian non-cephalopod mollusks: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda and Bivalvia of the Middle Vistula Valley, central Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica 36(1-3):69-224 [W. Kiessling/M. Apel/M. Apel]

Secondary references:

36344 H. Hurcewicz. 1968. Siliceous sponges from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland, part II: Monaxonia and Triaxonia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 13(1):3-96 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
38120 J. W. M. Jagt, J. Lindgren, M. Machalski and A. Radwankski. 2005. New records of the tylosaurine mosasaur Hainosaurus from the Campanian-Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of central Poland. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):303-306 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
37605 M. Machalski, J. W. M. Jagt, R. W. Dortangs, E. W. A. Mulder, and A. Radwański. 2003. Campanian and Maastrichtian mosasaurid reptiles from central Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):397-408 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]
25436 J. Stolarski, A. Meibom, R. Przenioslo and M. Mazur. 2007. A Cretaceous scleractinian coral with a calcitic skeleton. Science 318:92-94 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]