Moara-Domnyaske bioherm (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Reef 961

Where: Moldova (47.6° N, 27.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 26.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. N. Yanakevich. 1977. Srednemiotsenovyye rify Moldavii [Middle Miocene reefs of Moldova] 1-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78658: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella bicarinata Elchwald 1830 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae