NW of Jaroslavci, Breznik area, Biostrome, Pernik (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Also known as Reef 2736

Where: Bulgaria (42.8° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 20.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified marl and lithified, sandy limestone

• biostrome
• 25-30 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. L. Tchechmedjieva. 1986. Paleoecologie des Madreporaires du Cretace superieur dans le Srednogorie de l'Ouest (Bulgarie occidentale) (Paleoecology of Upper Cretaceous scleractinians from the Western Sredna Gora (Western Bulgaria)]. Geologica Balcanica 16(5):55-81 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Orbitoidacea - Orbitoididae
Orbitoides sp.
Bivalvia
 Cardiiformii -
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida Newell 1965 rudist
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp.
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Solarium granulatus" = Trochus (Solarium)
"Solarium granulatus" = Trochus (Solarium) top snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp.
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnitellidae
Belemnitella sp.
Belemnitella sp. d'Orbigny 1840 belemnite
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinoidea
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma sp.
Phymosoma sp. Haime 1853 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Aulosmilia archiaci
Aulosmilia archiaci de Fromentel 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites barrerei, Cunnolites subcircularis, Cunnolites undulatiformis, Cunnolites mitissimus, Cunnolites rugosa, "Cunnolites reussi" = Cunnolites polymorphus, "Cunnolites sororius" = Cunnolites polymorphus, "Cunnolites undulatus" = Cunnolites polymorphus
Cunnolites rugosa stony coral
"Cunnolites reussi" = Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Cunnolites sororius" = Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
subspecies profundus
"Cunnolites undulatus" = Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral