Between Sanandinovo and Novachene, packet 9-3 (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (43.6° N, 25.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° N, 22.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Acanthoceras jukesbrownei ammonoid zone, Sanandinovo Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Ammonite occurrences shown at multiple levels within sedimentary packet, assumed to reflect actual multiple collecting horizons.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Department of Geology and Geography, University of Sofia

Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy and N. Jolkicev. 2004. Middle Cenomanian ammonites from the type section of the Sanandinovo Formation of northern Bulgaria. Acta Geologica Polonica 54:369-380 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174936: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.12.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Acanthoceras jukesbrownei Spath 1926 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites equalis Sowerby 1813 ammonite