Gordineshty bioherm (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Reef 960

Where: Moldova (48.2° N, 27.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 26.1° 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

• 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 78644: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea cochlear" = Neopycnodonte cochlear
"Ostrea cochlear" = Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
subsp. navicularis
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Pennant 1777 clam
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae