Perunika Village: Priabonian, Bulgaria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Crasatella sp.
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia patula
1 specimen
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840
16 specimens
Globularia grossa (Deshayes 1864)
1 specimen
Globularia vapincana (d'Orbigny 1850)
3 specimens
recombined as Ampullina vapincana
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Tympanotonus calcaratus (Brongniart 1823)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Batillaria sp. Benson 1842
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema bourdoty
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma bulbiforme (Lamarck 1803)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonia cf. biplicata
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Hippochrenes ampus
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira cf. achatensis
2 specimens
Cepatia cepacea (Lamarck 1804)
1 specimen
Globularia sigaretina (Lamarck 1804)
1 specimen
original and current combination Ampullaria sigaretina
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates perversus (Gmelin 1791)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Macrosolen sp.
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Bulgaria State/province:Khaskovo
Coordinates: 41.5° North, 25.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.9° North, 22.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:170995
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-06-30 08:58:43 Last modified:2015-09-07 03:45:48
Access level:the public Released:2015-06-30 08:58:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55651. S. Petrova, E. Mehmed, I. Mollov, D. Georgiev, and I. Velcheva. 2012. Molluscs (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Bivalvia) from The Upper Eocene of Perunika Village (East Rhodopes, Bulgaria) – Preliminary Results. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 4:233-236 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]