Where: Bulgaria (43.4° N, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 23.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Lower Badenian (Moravian)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. V. Popov, I. A. Gontsharova, P. I. Nikolov and B. Studencka. 1996. Bivalve Molluscs from the Badenian of Northwestern Bulgaria. Paleontological Journal 30(2):157-166 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60289: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Crassatina moravica clam | |
Cardites partschi clam | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Callista chione, Venus (Venus) pseudoverrucosa, Venus (Ventricoloidea) nux, Clausinella basteroti, Clausinella bulgarica, Pitar (Pitar) rudis, Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) islandicoides
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Venus (Venus) pseudoverrucosa venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) nux Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Clausinella basteroti venus clam
Clausinella bulgarica venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) rudis Poli 1795 venus clam
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) islandicoides Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
"Miocardiopsis deshayesi" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis)
"Miocardiopsis deshayesi" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis) clam | |
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum, Discors aquitanicus
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
Discors aquitanicus cockle | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba, Corbula (Anisocorbula) peyrehoradensis, Corbula (Caryocorbula) revoluta
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 clam
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam | |
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
Ctenoides tenera file clam | |
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Spondylus concentricus, "Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus, "Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum, "Pecten (Flabellipecten) solarium" = Flabellipecten
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831 scallop
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) solarium" = Flabellipecten scallop | |
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) minuta" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) minuta" = Limopsis clam | |
Arcopsis papillifera clam | |
Acar clathrata, Barbatia (Obliquarca) dentiens, "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae, Bathyarca polyfasciata, "Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Striarca lactea, Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Acar clathrata miniature ark
Barbatia (Obliquarca) dentiens Cossmann and Peyrot 1912 miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Striarca lactea clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella, Nuculana hoernesi
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella pointed nut clam
Nuculana hoernesi pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia longa clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam |