Chimovo (Eocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Burgas, Bulgaria (42.7° N, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 24.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 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 102293: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria media pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea (Cubitostrea) plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata, Ostrea (Cubitostrea) cubitus
"Ostrea (Cubitostrea) plicata" = Cubitostrea plicata Solander 1766 oyster
subsp. plicata, aralensis
Ostrea (Cubitostrea) cubitus Deshayes 1832 oyster