Lychow Limestone (Miocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.7° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.1° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lychow Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Miocene (late Badenian). Observed thickness of limestones is about 5 m. Calcareous nannoplankton indicates Late Badenian nannozone NN6-7.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal limestone

• Accumulated on the sea bottom in extremely shallow water, under high hydrodynamic conditions.
• Laminated crusts of coralline algae and shells of sessile gastropods.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collections are housed in the Museum of the Earth (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw). Material collected by Jakubowski and Macioszczyk between 1975 and 1979. Some material is housed in the Museum of the State Geological Survey

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51691: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for bivalvia. No other Molluscan groups reported. Nomenclature appears fair to good.
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Anadara (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
Bathyarca pectunculoides Scacchi 1834 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Subspecies: Anomia ephippium rugulosostriata [entered as Anomia ehippium]
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata, Lima (Lima) lima
"Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata Montagu 1808 file clam
Lima (Lima) lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten, Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) elegans" = Aequipecten scallop
Spondylus (Spondylus) gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon radiatus Anton 1838 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Loripes (Microloripes) dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes) clam
Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
"Ctena (Ctena) decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides
"Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides" = Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Irus (Irus) irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
 Cardiida - Semelidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte (Astarte) waeli" = Goodallia (Goodallia) waeli
"Astarte (Astarte) waeli" = Goodallia (Goodallia) waeli Glibert 1945 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam