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Late Paleozoic continental gastropods from Poland: systematic, evolutionary and paleoecological approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Ewa Stworzewicz
Affiliation:
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Sławkowska 17, 31–016 Cracow,
Joachim Szulc
Affiliation:
Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geological Sciences, Oleandry 2a, 30–063 Cracow,
Beata M. Pokryszko
Affiliation:
Wroclaw University, Museum of Natural History, Sienkiewicza 21, 50–335 Wrocław, Poland,

Abstract

Two taxa of the Late Carboniferous and four species of the Early Permian terrestrial snails have been found in the Late Paleozoic continental molasse sediments of the Upper Silesian-Cracow Upland (Southern Poland). Discovery of Anthracopupa ohioensis and Protodiscus priscus indicates that, besides in North America, they occurred also in the European part of the Pangea supercontinent. According to the general sedimentary facies context and the accompanying floral and faunal assemblages, the gastropods lived in swamp environments, including a topogenous fen.

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