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
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Gastropoda | |
Conus laeviponderosus cone shell | |
Haliotis volhynica abalone | |
Bivalvia | |
Gastrochaena intermedia, "Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Pennant 1777 clam | |
Phacoides borealis clam | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
"Ostrea cochlear" = Neopycnodonte cochlear
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"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Glycymeris pilosus clam |