Brosh (Oligocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Kurdzhali, Bulgaria (41.7° N, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 23.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 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 102286: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea (Ostrea) cyathula" = Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) bellicostatus" = Chlamys bellicostata, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) deleta" = Aequipecten, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) rhodopianus" = Aequipecten, Spondylus multistriatus, Spondylus cisalpinus, Spondylus bifrons, Spondylus buchi
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
subsp. binicostata
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) bellicostatus" = Chlamys bellicostata Wood 1861 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) deleta" = Aequipecten scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) rhodopianus" = Aequipecten scallop
Spondylus bifrons Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Spondylus buchi Philippi 1846 scallop