Krzyzanowice (Jurassic of Poland)

Where: Ilza, Poland (50.0° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 25.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Nerinea limestone Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Paleozoological Institute and the Museum of Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1962

Primary reference: W. G. Joyce, S. D. Chapman, R. T. J. Moody and C. A. Walker. 2011. The skull of the solemydid turtle Helochelydra nopcsai from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (UK) and a review of Solemydidae. Special Papers in Palaeontology 86:75-97 [R. Benson/R. Benson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123852: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.02.2012, edited by David Nicholson and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea desvoidyi1 D'Orbigny 1921 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida -
Ostreoidea indet.1 Rafinesque 1815 oyster
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp.1 Bruguière 1789 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.1 Müller 1776
misspelled as Terabratula
 Vertebrata -
Vertebrata indet.2 vertebrate
ZPAL V. 69/1 (“ZPAL V-KRZ/33”), an isolated tooth crown
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
? Craspedochelys sp.2 Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Metriorhynchidae indet.2 Fitzinger 1843 marine crocodile
MZ VIII Vr-72, partial jaws and dentition
 Plesiosauria - Cryptoclididae
? Cryptoclididae indet.2 Williston 1925 plesiosaur
MZ VIII Vr-73 (“ZPAL V-KRZ/32”) (see above with respect to the ambiguity regarding the catalogue number of the specimen), a pectoral vertebral centrum