Novo Selo (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Also known as Reef 4013

Where: Lovech, Bulgaria (43.1° N, 25.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.3° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Balgarene Formation (Lovech Urgonian Group), Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• transition of the Balgarene-Emen Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified marl and lithified limestone

• reefal limestones (Emen Formation) separated by lagoonal marls, siltstones and sandstones (Balgarene Formation)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: V. Idakieva. 2007. Taxonomy of scleractinian corals from the Barremian-Lower Aptian of central north Bulgaria (Lovech Urgonian Group). Godishnik na Sofiyskiya Universitet Sv. Kliment Okhridski, Geologo-Geografski Fakultet, Geologiya 100:29-66 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91676: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei
"Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia stewartae Wells 1944 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia rarauensis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Heliocoenia rozkowskae Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea actinastrae" = Stelidioseris melkarthi
"Actinastrea actinastrae" = Stelidioseris melkarthi Felix 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Trochoidomeandridae
Wellsimeandra morycowae n. gen. n. sp.
Wellsimeandra morycowae n. gen. n. sp. Idakieva and Tchechmedjieva 2003 stony coral