Veliko Tarnovo area (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (43.2° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 27.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Emen Formation (Lovech Urgonian Group), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• reefal limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Kołodziej, M. Ivanov, and V. Idakieva. 2012. Prolific development of pachythecaliines in Late Barremian, Bulgaria: coral taxonomy and sedimentary environment. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 82:291-330 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151444: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
? Hexapetalum sp.
? Hexapetalum sp. Eliasova 1975 stony coral