Elena (Eocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (42.9° N, 25.9° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 22.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 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 102405: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) parisiensis d'Orbigny 1850 scallop