Trustikovo (Paleocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Varna, Bulgaria (43.2° N, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 24.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 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 102400: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) kamyschinensis" = Turritella arsenei
"Turritella (Haustator) kamyschinensis" = Turritella arsenei Briart and Cornet 1873 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea (Trochita) suessoniensis" = Trochita, Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea (Trochita) suessoniensis" = Trochita slipper shell
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Charonia (Sassia) vincenti" = Sassia
"Charonia (Sassia) vincenti" = Sassia triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus (Priscoficus) bicarinata, "Ficus (Priscoficus) intermedia" = Priscoficus intermedia
Ficus (Priscoficus) bicarinata fig shell
subsp. ciplyensis
"Ficus (Priscoficus) intermedia" = Priscoficus intermedia Melleville 1843 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hippochrenidae
"Aporrhais (Maussenetia) staadti" = Maussenetia staadti
"Aporrhais (Maussenetia) staadti" = Maussenetia staadti Cossmann 1904 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Semiterebellum marceauxi
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Tudicla cassidariformis
Tudicla cassidariformis Traub 1938 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) antiqua
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) antiqua oyster
subsp. antiqua, sartaganica, korsunensis, pila
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea crassatina
Cucullaea crassatina Lamarck 1805 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya konincki
Pholadomya konincki clam
subsp. deshayesi
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea remensis
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina lunulata" = Arctica, Cyprina scutellaria
"Cyprina lunulata" = Arctica clam
Cyprina scutellaria Lamarck 1805 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
"Miocardia belmustakovi n. sp." = Meiocardia
"Miocardia belmustakovi n. sp." = Meiocardia clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosiniopsis orbicularis, Pitar (Callista) montensis
Pitar (Callista) montensis Cossmann 1908 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium edwardsi
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Eomiltha) contorta
Miltha (Eomiltha) contorta Defrance 1823 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella excelsa