Varna (Eocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (43.2° N, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 24.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 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 104015: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea (Gigantostrea) rarilamella" = Pycnodonta rarilamella
"Ostrea (Gigantostrea) rarilamella" = Pycnodonta rarilamella Melleville 1843 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) parisiensis d'Orbigny 1850 scallop
subsp. parisiensis