Mina Cherno More (Eocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (42.6° N, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 24.2° 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 103742: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.02.2011, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Plagiolophus cf. minor Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Bakalovia palaeopontica n. gen. n. sp. Nikolov and Hessig 1985 anthracothere
Elomeryx asticus Nikolov 1967 anthracothere
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoneptunea burgasensis n. sp. Karagyuleva 1964 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Volema (Pugilina) subcarinata" = Pugilina
"Volema (Pugilina) subcarinata" = Pugilina snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope allonsensis" = Panopea
"Panope allonsensis" = Panopea clam