Nikolichäuser region (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

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl

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 179747: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita reginae
Cardita reginae Oppenheim 1908 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella plumbea, Crassatella kalitensis
Crassatella plumbea Chemnitz 1824 clam
Crassatella kalitensis Oppenheim 1901 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina saxorum" = Saxolucina saxorum, Corbis major
"Lucina saxorum" = Saxolucina saxorum Lamarck 1806 clam
Corbis major Bayait 1873 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna bosniaca
Perna bosniaca Oppenheim 1908 mussel
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata, Turritella medioconcava
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Turritella medioconcava Oppenheim 1908 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
"Cerithium (Gourmya) maccus" = Granulolabium maccus
"Cerithium (Gourmya) maccus" = Granulolabium maccus Oppenheim 1901 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi, Cerithium (Gourmya) manfredi, Cerithium (Batillaria) salrapes, Cerithium jablaui, Cerithium lethe, Cerithium deprati
Cerithium (Vertagus) rudloffi Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium (Gourmya) manfredi Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium jablaui Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium lethe Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
Cerithium deprati Oppenheim 1908 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Melanatria bosniaca
Melanatria bosniaca Oppenheim 1908 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Natica (Megatylotus) praetoriana, Natica (? Megatylotus) hospitalis, Natica (Ampullina) vulcani
Natica (? Megatylotus) hospitalis Oppenheim 1908 snail
Natica (Ampullina) vulcani Brongniart 1823 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica (Naticina) comitalis
Natica (Naticina) comitalis Oppenheim 1908 moon snail