Duruitor bioherm (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Reef 961

Where: Moldova (47.9° N, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 26.2° 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 78666: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae