Lovech (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (43.1° N, 24.7° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 27.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Smochan Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Ilcheva and N. Motchurova-Dekova. 2011. Catalogue of type collections of Early Cretaceous corals (Scleractinia, Anthozoa) at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. Review of the bulgarian geological society 72:129-140 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179685: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 24.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora ackermanni Zlatarski 1972 stony coral