Bivolare-Bozurice, Pleven, northwestern Bulgaria: Middle Miocene, Bulgaria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
Acturellina diversicosta
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis
original and current combination Saccella
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) nucleus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) lithophaga (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus crassicosta Lamarck 1819
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Amusium cristatum Bronn 1827
recombined as Cristatopecten cristatum
Pecten (Flabellipecten) besseri Alth 1850
synonym of Camptonectes virgatus
Crassadoma multistriata (Poli 1795)
recombined as Talochlamys multistriata
Pecten (Gigantopecten) latissimus
subspecies nodosiformis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea digitalina (Eichwald 1830)
recombined as Cubitostrea digitalina
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Arcopsis papillifera
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
Arca (Arca) noae (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Arca noae
Acar clathrata
Anadara diluvii (Lamarck 1805)
recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) deshayesi
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obtusata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis (Pectunculina) minuta
synonym of Limopsis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck 1819)
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Circomphalus subplicatus (dOrbigny 1852)
Venus (Ventricoloidea) nux Gmelin 1791
Clausinella basteroti
Clausinella bulgarica
Pitar (Pitar) rudis (Poli 1795)
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) gigas
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) islandicoides (Lamarck 1818)
Chamelea fasciculata
Callista chione (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
Corbula (Caryocorbula) carinata Dujardin 1837
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803
Megaxinus incrassatus
Lucina (Lucina) kadievi n. sp.
Linga (Bellucina) agassizi
Linga (Linga) columbella (Lamarck 1818)
Codakia (Epilucina) haidingeri
original and current combination Epilucina
Gonimyrtea michelotti
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatina moravica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans (Centrocardita) rudista
Cardites partschi
see common names

Geography
Country:Bulgaria
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 24.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.8° North, 24.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Badenian (Moravian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified claystone
Lithology description: bluish-gray calcareous and siltclastic clays, interbedded with lenses and layers of organogeneous limestone, and sometimes bearing sand banks at the base
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:60292
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-09 06:17:39 Last modified:2006-05-09 09:17:39
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-09 06:17:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17341. 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]