Kyustendil (Eocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (42.4° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 20.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 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 103950: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima maraschini file clam