Drutsa bioherm (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Reef 961

Where: Moldova (48.0° N, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 26.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. N. Yanakevich. 1977. Srednemiotsenovyye rify Moldavii [Middle Miocene reefs of Moldova] 1-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78664: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea cochlear" = Neopycnodonte cochlear
"Ostrea cochlear" = Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
subsp. navicularis
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral