Kurtozhabene (Paleocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (43.3° N, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 21.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• bed-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 103766: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Hippochrenidae
"Aporrhais (Maussenetia) staadti" = Maussenetia staadti
"Aporrhais (Maussenetia) staadti" = Maussenetia staadti Cossmann 1904 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae