Ptichar (Oligocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (41.5° N, 25.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 23.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103869: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Amaurellina (Crommium) angustata" = Crommium, Polinices hantoniensis
"Amaurellina (Crommium) angustata" = Crommium moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Xancus episomus" = Turbinella episoma
"Xancus episomus" = Turbinella episoma Michelotti 1861 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Canarium (Canarium) radix" = Persististrombus radix
"Canarium (Canarium) radix" = Persististrombus radix Brongniart 1823 true conch