Shtit (Eocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (41.8° N, 26.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-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 103774: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs
"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs snail
subsp. giganticum
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae