Bodia (Eocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (47.1° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• "Marl beds with Bryozoans"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Meszaros. 1957. Fauna de moluste a depozitelor Paleogene din nord-vestul Transilvaniei [Molluscan fauna from Paleogene deposits from NW Transilvania]. Biblioteca de Geologie si Paleontologie 1:1-174 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101969: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus (Brachydontes) elegans" = Brachidontes
"Modiolus (Brachydontes) elegans" = Brachidontes mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea (Gigantostrea) gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Euspira) achatensis" = Euspira
"Natica (Euspira) achatensis" = Euspira moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa
"Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa Sowerby 1824 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella (Haustator) imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell