Varatik bioherm (Miocene of Moldova)
Also known as Reef 961
Where: Moldova (47.9° N, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 26.2° 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 78665: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2008
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Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Cancellaria fenestrata snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga bella n. sp. mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Chlamys fasciculata, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata
Chlamys fasciculata scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop | |
Plicatula ruperella scallop | |
Gastrochaena intermedia, "Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Pennant 1777 clam | |
Gari elatior clam | |
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Phacoides borealis clam | |
Malacostraca | |
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871 crab |