Nasilow Hardground (Cretaceous of Poland)

Where: Poland (51.3° N, 22.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belemnella kazimiroviensis zone, Opoka Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Bed 2

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; lithified, burrowed, hardground, gray carbonate

• One meter of light gray hardground with corrugat, eneven and brecciated upper surface, which is densely burrowed

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27819: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Marcus Apel on 14.01.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Only non-cephalopod mollusks
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora sp. Linne 1758 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Trochacanthus tricarinatus snail
Trochacanthus tricarinatus tricarinatus
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Seguenzioidea - Chilodontaidae
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Tudicla globosa n. sp. snail
Tudicla sp. Röding 1798 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium mazureki n. sp. cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Laxispira cochleiformis, Turritella hagenoviana, "Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) plana" = Haustator turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Tibia laevis true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Scaphella sp. Swainson 1832 volute
Scaphella sp. 2
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Biplex cretaceus n. sp., "Charonia (Sassia) tuberculosa" = Sassia, Charonia multicostata
Biplex cretaceus n. sp. triton shell
"Charonia (Sassia) tuberculosa" = Sassia triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora onusta Nilsson 1827 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Natica cretacea Goldfuss 1841 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Lemintina nodosa worm shell
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
? Avellana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Avellana (?) sp. 2
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna faba Kner 1869 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia tenuistriata, Barbatia geinitzi, "Arca (Eonavicula) granulatoradiata" = Eonavicula
Barbatia geinitzi Reuss 1844 clam
"Arca (Eonavicula) granulatoradiata" = Eonavicula clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argentea Conrad 1858 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Pseudolimea granulata, "Limatula kunradensis" = Limatula, "Limatula ovata" = Limatula, Plagiostoma cretacea, Plagiostoma hoperi
"Limatula kunradensis" = Limatula file clam
"Limatula ovata" = Limatula file clam
Plagiostoma hoperi Mantell 1822 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Merklinia variabilis Hagenow 1842 scallop
Lyropecten (Aequipecten) acuteplicatus Alth 1850 scallop
more than 600 seperate valves from Kazimierz, Janowiec and the majority from Nasilow, Bochotnica
"Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sexcostata Woodward 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte (Phygaea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis, Hyotissa semiplana
"Pycnodonte (Phygaea) vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus elongatus" = Modiolus, "Modiolus radiatus" = Modiolus
"Modiolus elongatus" = Modiolus mussel
"Modiolus radiatus" = Modiolus mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen fragilis venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana puschi pointed nut clam
Nuculana foersteri pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Nucula truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell