Where: Bulgaria (42.7° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 30.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Babino Formation, Bithynian to Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Original citation considers the collection to be Ladinian, but the Babino Formation is Bithynian - Pelsonian (Middle Anisian) according to Ajdanlijsky et al. (2019)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Benatov. 2001. Brachiopod biostratigraphy of the Middle Triassic in Bulgaria and comparison with elsewhere in Europe. In C. Howard, C. Brunton, L. R. M. Cocks, S. L. Long (eds.), Brachiopods Past and Present 63:384-393 [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44917: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 20.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)