Lyubasha Mountain, Lyalintsi, 415 m (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Also known as Reef 3926

Where: Pernik, Bulgaria (42.8° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.0° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Slivnitsa Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• medium- to thick-bedded organogenic and fine-grained biodetrital limestones, mainly light grey, with a diverse coral fauna

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz. 2008. Kimmeridgian-Valanginian reef corals from the Moesian Platform from Bulgaria. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 78:91-134 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87081: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Trocharea sp., Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena tuberosa, Microsolena aff. exigua
Trocharea sp. Etallon 1864 stony coral
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Microsolena tuberosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
Microsolena aff. exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia elevata, Latomeandra juettneri, Dimorphastrea cf. heteromorpha, Dimorphastrea cf. dubia, Periseris "sp. A"
Microphyllia elevata Roniewicz 2008 stony coral
Latomeandra juettneri Eliasova 1990 stony coral
Dimorphastrea cf. heteromorpha Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
Dimorphastrea cf. dubia Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Periseris "sp. A" Ferry 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Misistellidae
Misistella cf. carpathica
Misistella cf. carpathica Eliasova 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
? Dimorphocoenia sp.
? Dimorphocoenia sp. de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea sp.
Latusastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Protoseris sp.
Protoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Mitrodendron "sp. 1"
Mitrodendron "sp. 1" Quenstedt 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia clemencia
Cladophyllia clemencia de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Bilaterocoenia sp., "Pseudocoenia aff. baltovensis" = Adelocoenia baltovensis
Bilaterocoenia sp. Morycowa 1974 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia aff. baltovensis" = Adelocoenia baltovensis Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Pruvostastraea crassisepta, Rhipidogyra sp., Rhipidogyra cf. minima
Pruvostastraea crassisepta Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Rhipidogyra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Rhipidogyra cf. minima Koby 1880 stony coral