Where: Khaskovo, Bulgaria (41.5° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 22.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 170995: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 30.06.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Cirsotrema bourdoty wentletrap | |
Tympanotonus calcaratus Brongniart 1823 cerith snail | |
Batillaria sp. Benson 1842 snail | |
"Globularia vapincana" = Ampullina vapincana d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Globularia patula snail
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail
Globularia grossa Deshayes 1864 snail | |
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
Hippochrenes ampus snail | |
Sycostoma bulbiforme Lamarck 1803 snail | |
Borsonia cf. biplicata snail | |
"Globularia sigaretina" = Ampullaria sigaretina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Euspira cf. achatensis moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Macrosolen sp. clam |