Wạwał clay pit ("Infravalanginian"): Early/Lower Valanginian, Poland
collected by H. Pugaczewska, J. Drobiecka 1970

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon tuberculiferum (Koch and Dunker 1837)
Rhynchostreon etalloni (Pictet and Campiche 1870)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sanctaecrucis Pictet and Campiche 1869
see common names

Geography
Country:Poland
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 20.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 26.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Early/Lower Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: An ammonite of the genus Neocomites is cited (Pruszkowski, 1961) from the lowermost Infravalanginian beds.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandy claystone
Lithology description: Ochroid, sandy loam
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:H. Pugaczewska, J. Drobiecka Collection dates:1970
Metadata
Also known as:Wawal
Database number:67139
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-10 00:50:53 Last modified:2020-09-02 10:38:56
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-10 00:50:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19149. H. Pugaczewska. 1975. Neocomian oysters from central Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 20(1):47-72 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]