Kurdzhali (Oligocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (41.6° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 23.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-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 103886: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Globularia (Ampullinopsis) crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina
"Globularia (Ampullinopsis) crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus (Ficus) conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
"Variamussium fallax" = Parvamussium
"Variamussium fallax" = Parvamussium mud scallop