Sheptebany bioherm (Miocene of Moldova)
Also known as Reef 961
Where: Moldova (47.9° N, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 26.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
• algal-vermetid bioherm
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. N. Yanakevich. 1977. Srednemiotsenovyye rify Moldavii [Middle Miocene reefs of Moldova] 1-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78643: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2008
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Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca | |
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871 crab | |
Medaeus moldavica n. sp.
Medaeus moldavica n. sp. stone crab | |
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea deformis slipper shell | |
Vermetus arenarius worm shell | |
Conus dujardini Deshayes 1845 cone shell | |
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica, "Fissurella graeca" = Diodora graeca
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica Defrance 1820 snail
"Fissurella graeca" = Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Haliotis volhynica abalone | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga subcordata mussel | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Plicatula cf. gurgitis scallop | |
Chlamys gloriamaris scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus crassicosta Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
Barbatia eichwaldi clam
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Teredo angusta clam | |
Lutraria lutraria Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Coralliophaga sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Gari elatior clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Brissus jacquementi heart urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
"Orbicella reussiana" = Tarbellastraea reussiana
"Orbicella reussiana" = Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral |