Załęcze Wielkie

Załęcze Wielkie
Village
Załęcze Wielkie
Coordinates: 51°5′N 18°41′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Wieluń
Gmina	Pątnów

Załęcze Wielkie [zaˈwɛnt͡ʂɛ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pątnów, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Pątnów, 18 km (11 mi) south-east of Wieluń, and 95 km (59 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]

Jurassic (Oxfordian)[2] outcrops in abandoned quarries located near the village yielded fossils of a thalattosuchian crocodylomorph belonging to the superfamily Teleosauroidea.[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Wierzbowski, Andrzej (1978). "Ammonites and stratigraphy of the Upper Oxfordian of the Wieluń Upland, Central Poland". Acta Geologica Polonica. 28 (3): 299–334.
3. Weryński, Łukasz; Błażejowski, Błazej; Szczygielski, Tomasz; Young, Mark T. (2024-03-28). "The first occurrence of machimosaurid crocodylomorphs from the Oxfordian of south-central Poland provides new insights into the distribution of macrophagous teleosauroids". PeerJ. 12: e17153. doi:10.7717/peerj.17153. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 10981889.