Sheptebany bioherm: Badenian, Moldova
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Brissus jacquementi
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Trapezidae
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Coralliophaga sp.
Blainville 1824
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Lutraria lutraria
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Gari elatior
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo angusta
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga subcordata
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30 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia eichwaldi
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Arca noae
Linnaeus 1758
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula cf. gurgitis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima lima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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27 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Spondylus crassicosta
Lamarck 1819
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15 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys gloriamaris
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17 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea deformis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus dujardini
Deshayes 1845
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Vermetus arenarius
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17 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Fissurella graeca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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19 specimens | ||||||
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Fissurella italica
Defrance 1820
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis volhynica
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Xanthidae
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Medaeus moldavica n. sp.
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Dairidae
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Daira speciosa
Reuss 1871
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Orbicella reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Moldova |
| Coordinates: | 47.9° North, 27.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.3° North, 26.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Badenian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82 - 12.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: algal-vermetid bioherm | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
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: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 961 | ||
| Database number: | 78643 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-13 01:47:46 | Last modified: | 2008-02-14 04:57:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-13 01:47:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26443. | 1% 14020 | A. N. Yanakevich. 1977. Srednemiotsenovyye rify Moldavii [Middle Miocene reefs of Moldova] 1-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |