Okhrid reef, Montana, NW Bulgaria (Miocene of Bulgaria)

Also known as Reef 1625

Where: Bulgaria (43.5° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 22.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• Upper Badenian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef 15 m thick and about 100 m long

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Pisera. 1996. Miocene reefs of the Paratethys: a review. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:97-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70049: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.03.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea conoidea Reuss 1871 stony coral
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca cuneata1, "Argyrotheca cordata" = Joania cordata1
Argyrotheca cuneata1 Risso 1826
"Argyrotheca cordata" = Joania cordata1 Risso 1826
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Platidia sp.1 Costa 1852
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Novocrania anomala2 Muller 1776