Niechobrz Limestone: Middle Miocene, Poland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
Striarca lactea
Anadara (Anadara) diluvii (Lamarck 1805)
recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Acar clathrata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) deshayesi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Flabellipecten solarium
Flabellipecten besseri
Chlamys (Manupecten) fasciculata
Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Crassadoma multistriata (Poli 1795)
recombined as Talochlamys multistriata
Chlamys (Aequipecten) angelonii
original and current combination Aequipecten
Chlamys (Aequipecten) macrotis Sowerby 1847
Gigantopecten nodosiformis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) crassicosta Lamarck 1819
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Pinna pectinata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea crassicostata
Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa (Brocchi 1814)
synonym of Ostrea edulis
Subspecies: Ostrea lamellosa offreti
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer cf. oblitus
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Arcoperna cf. sericea
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia (Codakia) leonina
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Callista) gauderdorfensis
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) gigas
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
Venus (Venus) subrotunda
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia pusilla
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita elongata
Cardites partschi
Scalaricardita scalaris
spelled with current rank as Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita)
Scalaricardita orbicularis
spelled with current rank as Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita)
Glans (Centrocardita) rudista
Megacardita laticostata
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 49.9° North, 21.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.3° North, 21.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 11.60800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Niechobrz
Local section:Rzewskow
Regional section:Carpathian
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Miocene (early Badenian). Limestones overly discordantly (about 25°) early Tertiary flysch deposits of the marginal unit. Calcareous nannoplankton indicates Early Badenian nannozone NN5.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Limestone composed of skeletal remains of red algae and bryozoans.
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: Accumulated in shallow-marine environment (10-30 m) under strong water agitation, not far from the shore.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Collections are housed in the Museum of the Earth (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw). Material collected by Pisera in 1972. Some material is housed in the Museum of the State Geological Survey
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for bivalvia. No other Molluscan groups reported. Nomenclature appears fair to good.
Metadata
Database number:51688
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-06-10 12:19:27 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-10 12:19:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13761. B. Studencka. 1994. Middle Miocene bivalve faunas from the carbonate deposits of Poland (Central Paratethys). Geologie Mediterraneenne 11(1-2):137-145 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]