Krumovgrad (Oligocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Kurdzhali, Bulgaria (41.5° N, 25.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 23.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-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 102362: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria harpula Lamarck 1802 volute
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea (Ostrea) cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula
"Ostrea (Ostrea) cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima eximia file clam
Lima sandbergeri file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amusium (Pseudentolium) corneum" = Lentipecten corneus, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) bellicostatus" = Chlamys bellicostata, Amusium (Pseudentolium) tournoueri, Spondylus cisalpinus
"Amusium (Pseudentolium) corneum" = Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) bellicostatus" = Chlamys bellicostata Wood 1861 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cordiopsis incrassata Nyst 1836 venus clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella carcarensis Michelotti 1847 clam