Varovtsi back-reef site (Miocene of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (49.3° N, 26.6° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Early Serravallian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

• Massive, white sandstone of the Pidhirtsi Beds

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Scarpioni, G. Dellabella, B. Dell’Angelo, J.W. Huntley, and M. Sosso. 2016. Middle Miocene conoidean gastropods from western Ukraine (Paratethys): Integrative taxonomy, palaeo-climatogical and palaeobiogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(2):327-344 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179929: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 04.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Teretia cf. turritelloides, Raphitoma cf. ringicula, Andonia aff. transsylvanica
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia pseudorugulosa, Mangelia angulicosta, Mangelia larga, Bela ? robusta, Bela varovtsiana, Pyrgocythara turrispiralata
Mangelia pseudorugulosa Scarpioni et al. 2016 snail
Mangelia angulicosta Scarpioni et al. 2016 snail
Mangelia larga Scarpioni et al. 2016 snail
Bela ? robusta Scarpioni et al. 2016 snail
Bela varovtsiana Scarpioni et al. 2016 snail
Pyrgocythara turrispiralata Scarpioni et al. 2016 snail