Somovit (Paleocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Pleven, Bulgaria (43.7° N, 24.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. D. Karagyuleva. 1964. Fosilite na B'lgariya, VIa Paleogen Molyuski [Bulgarian fossils, VIa Paleogene molluscs] 1-270 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102403: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Clava conica" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava conica" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Charonia (Sassia) vincenti" = Sassia
"Charonia (Sassia) vincenti" = Sassia triton shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte (Phygraea) antiqua oyster
subsp. antiqua, pila
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea crassatina Lamarck 1805 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae