Krasava, Breznik area, Biostrome, Pernik: Maastrichtian, Bulgaria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Orbitoididae
Orbitoides sp.
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Hippuritida
Hippuritoida indet. Newell 1965
corrected as Hippuritida
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Rennensismilia didyma (de Fromentel 1863)
synonym of Rennensismilia complanata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites rugosa
and subspecies latifossus
Cunnolites barrerei
Cunnolites subcircularis
Cunnolites breznicensis
Cunnolites tenuilamellatus
Cunnolites subaequalis
Cunnolites sororius (Quenstedt 1881)
synonym of Cunnolites polymorphus
subspecies profundus
Cunnolites planialpici Alloiteau 1957
synonym of Cunnolites polymorphus
Cunnolites reussi (Fromentel 1870)
synonym of Cunnolites polymorphus
and subspecies krassavensis
Paracunnolites humilis (Quenstedt 1880)
recombined as Cunnolites humilis
Cunnolites faecata (Stoliczka 1873)
synonym of Cunnolites scutellum
see common names

Geography
Country:Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42.8° North, 22.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.7° North, 20.6° 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:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: marl with limestone and sandstone intercalations, 25-30 m
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: biostrome
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2736
Database number:67569
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-24 03:57:32 Last modified:2006-11-24 05:57:32
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-24 03:57:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19255. 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]