Arapovici village (Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Where: Bosnia and Herzegovina (44.7° N, 19.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Oppenheim. 1908. Über eine Eocänfaunula von Ostbosnien und einige Eocänfossilien der Herzegowina. Jahrbuch der kaiserlich - königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt 58(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179744: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
"Cerithium (Gourmya) maccus" = Granulolabium maccus Oppenheim 1901 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Gourmya) manfredi Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium jablaui Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium deprati Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium lethe Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium basiplanum Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella medioconcava Oppenheim 1908 turret shell
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Natica (Ampullina) vulcani Brongniart 1823 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita reginae Oppenheim 1908 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Corbis lamellosa Deshayes 1824 clam
"Lucina saxorum" = Saxolucina saxorum Lamarck 1806 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Gryphaca) katzeri Oppenheim 1908 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia epithecata Oppenheim 1908 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Columnastraea caillaudi Micheli 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastraea hilarionensis d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
Bosnopsammia katzeri Oppenheim 1908 stony coral