Where: Bulgaria (43.4° N, 24.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 23.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Lower Badenian (Moravian)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. V. Popov, I. A. Gontsharova, P. I. Nikolov and B. Studencka. 1996. Bivalve Molluscs from the Badenian of Northwestern Bulgaria. Paleontological Journal 30(2):157-166 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60289: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella, Nuculana hoernesi
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella pointed nut clam
Nuculana hoernesi pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia longa clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba, Corbula (Caryocorbula) revoluta, Corbula (Anisocorbula) peyrehoradensis
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Miocardiopsis deshayesi" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis)
"Miocardiopsis deshayesi" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis) clam | |
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) islandicoides, Pitar (Pitar) rudis, Venus (Venus) pseudoverrucosa, Venus (Ventricoloidea) nux, Clausinella basteroti, Clausinella bulgarica, Callista chione
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) islandicoides Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) rudis Poli 1795 venus clam
Venus (Venus) pseudoverrucosa venus clam
Venus (Ventricoloidea) nux Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Clausinella basteroti venus clam
Clausinella bulgarica venus clam
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Discors aquitanicus, "Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Discors aquitanicus cockle
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 clam
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam | |
Crassatina moravica clam | |
Cardites partschi clam | |
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus, "Pecten (Flabellipecten) solarium" = Flabellipecten, "Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum, Spondylus concentricus
"Crassadoma multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten (Oppenheimopecten) aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) solarium" = Flabellipecten scallop
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831 scallop | |
Ctenoides tenera file clam
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
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Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Bathyarca polyfasciata, Striarca lactea, Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Acar clathrata, Barbatia (Obliquarca) dentiens, "Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae
Striarca lactea clam
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Acar clathrata miniature ark
Barbatia (Obliquarca) dentiens Cossmann and Peyrot 1912 miniature ark
"Arca (Arca) noae" = Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Arcopsis papillifera clam | |
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) minuta" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) minuta" = Limopsis clam |