Borov Dol: Priabonian, Bulgaria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Prohyracodon aff. meridionale Chow 1961
Nikolov and Hessig 1985
    = Forstercooperia sp. Wood 1939
Mennecart et al. 2018
Mistakenly said to have come from Bobov Dol (Nikolov and Heissig, 1985)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Stephanoconus) orcagnae
see common names

Geography
Country:Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 26.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.2° North, 22.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:103932
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, P. Mannion Enterer:U. Merkel, P. Mannion
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-02-03 20:49:41 Last modified:2011-02-03 03:49:41
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-03 20:49:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34737. Y. D. Karagyuleva. 1964. Fosilite na B'lgariya, VIa Paleogen Molyuski [Bulgarian fossils, VIa Paleogene molluscs] 1-270 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

65393 B. Mennecart, D. Geraads, N. Spassov and I. Zagorchev. 2018. Discovery of the oldest European ruminant in the late Eocene of Bulgaria: Did tectonics influence the diachronic development of the Grande Coupure?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 498:1-8 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
65808 I. Nikolov and K. Hessig. 1985. Fossile Säugetiere aus dem Obereozän und Unteroligozän Bulgariens und ihre Bedeutung für die Paläogeographie. Mitteilungen des Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 25:61-79 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]