Matorides Basin (Jurassic to of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (42.9° N, 27.1° E: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 29.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Toarcian to Toarcian (182.7 - 171.6 Ma)

• Homoeorhynchia cynocephala zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• probably short transport from a sublittoral, agitated biotope
• in neptunian dykes, within karstic, red micrites of the Bilka facies, brachiopods occur as coquinas

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: P. Tchoumatchenco. 1996. Zonation and paleoecological distribution of Bulgarian Jurassic brachiopods. In P. Copper, J. Jin (eds.), Brachiopods 269-274 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106913: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
"Dundrythyris perovalis" = Loboidothyris perovalis
"Dundrythyris perovalis" = Loboidothyris perovalis Sowerby 1825
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae