Durankulak (Holocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Tolbuchin, Bulgaria (43.7° N, 28.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 28.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Chalcolithic

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: H. H. Schleich and W. Bohme. 1994. Kupferzeitliche Schildkrötenreste aus der Grabung von Durankulak bei Tolbuchin in NO-Bulgarien (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudo graeca, Emys orbicularis). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fuer Palaeontologie und Historische Geologie 34:199-211 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227255: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 27.09.2022, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 European pond turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo graeca Linnaeus 1758 common tortoise
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin