Middle Miocene (Badenian) bivalves from the carbonate deposits of the Wójcza-Pińczów Range (southern slopes of the Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland)

Abstract

The paper deals with Middle Miocene (Badenian) bivalves from the limestones and marls of the Wójcza-Pińczów Range (southern slopes of the Holy Cross Mountains, Central Poland). Totally, 80 bivalve species are recorded, and the taxonomic structure of their assemblage is described. The Neogene European interprovince connections are indicated and the stratigraphic usefulness of pectinids is discussed. The systematic account includes the paleontological descriptions of 23 species, two of them, viz. Chlamys (Aequipecten) angelonii (de STEFANI & PANTANELLI), and Cyathodonta eggenburgensis (SCHAFFER), being for the first time reported from the Polish Miocene.