Lyubasha Mountain, Lyalintsi, 460 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 "a" above 460 m

• 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 87088: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Protoseris sp.
Protoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Mitrodendron "sp. 2"
Mitrodendron "sp. 2" Quenstedt 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea sp.
Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia sp.
Heliocoenia sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora "sp. 3"
Cyathophora "sp. 3" Michelin 1843 stony coral