Also known as dinosaur sinkhole
Where: Pleven, Bulgaria (43.2° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 21.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kajlâka Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• from upper part of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. M. Jagt, N. Motchurova-Dekova, P. Ivanov, H. Capetta, and A. S. Schulp. 2006. Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa district (northwest Bulgaria): a preliminary note. Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 67:51-63 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 105085: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.02.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Hemipneustes striatoradiatus Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Reptilia | |
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? Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur
"Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni" = Mosasaurus hoffmannii1 Mantell 1829 mosasaur Fragmentary lower jaw, NMNHS 11897
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Hoploscaphites constrictus Sowerby 1817 ammonite | |
Anapachydiscus cf. terminus Ward and Kennedy 1993 ammonite |