Goznitsa (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Also known as Reef 4007

Where: Lovech, Bulgaria (43.2° N, 24.7° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 27.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Smochan Formation (Lovech Urgonian Group), Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified marl

• lagoonal marls, siltstones and sandstones with small coral biostromes and patch reefs

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 67609: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Dimorphocoeniopsis beauvaisorum n. gen. n. sp.
Dimorphocoeniopsis beauvaisorum n. gen. n. sp. Zlatarski 1967 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis compressa
Calamophylliopsis compressa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea major" = Stelidioseris major
"Actinastrea major" = Stelidioseris major Morycowa 1971 stony coral