Kunino, bed 6: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Bulgaria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Endocostea sp.
Whitfield 1877
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| spelled with current rank as Inoceramus (Endocostea) | |||||||
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Cataceramus sp.
Cox 1969
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Diplomoceratidae
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Diplomoceras cylindraceum
(Defrance 1816)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Pachydiscidae
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Pachydiscus neubergicus
(Hauer 1858)
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| recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kossmaticeratidae
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Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum
(Favre 1869)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 24.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.2° North, 21.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Inoceramid zone: | Endocostea typica |
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kunino | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: A single specimen was collected along with a few ammonites of Pachydiscus neubergicus (von Hauer) and Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (Favre), as well as with several inoceramid species of the genera Endocostea and Cataceramus that are diagnostic for the lower Maastrichtian Endocostea typica inoceramid Zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Museum of Palaeontology and Historical Geology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188088 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-08-23 14:19:51 | Last modified: | 2017-08-23 14:34:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-23 14:19:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63115. | D. Dochev and L. Metodiev. 2016. New record of Diplomoceras cylindraceum (Defrance, 1816) from the Maastrichtian of the Western Fore-Balkan (Bulgaria). Geologica Balcanica 45:33-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |