Veselinovo (Jurassic of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (43.0° N, 27.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 27.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cerkoviste Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Zeilleria quadrifida zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl and lithified limestone

• sublittoral to epibathyal, muddy, calm substrate
• red shaly marl and clayey limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: P. Tchoumatchenco. 1996. Zonation and paleoecological distribution of Bulgarian Jurassic brachiopods. In P. Copper, J. Jin (eds.), Brachiopods 269-274 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106908: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816
 Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Liospiriferina alpina Oppel 1861
subsp. falloti
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
"Zeilleria cor" = Cincta cor, "Zeilleria darwini" = Zeilleria (Zeilleria) darwini
"Zeilleria cor" = Cincta cor Lamarck 1819
"Zeilleria darwini" = Zeilleria (Zeilleria) darwini Eudes-Deslongchamps 1863
 Terebratulida - Nucleatidae