Rusalya Quarry (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (43.2° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.3° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower part of middle Upper Barremian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• reefal limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Kołodziej, M. Ivanov, and V. Idakieva. 2012. Prolific development of pachythecaliines in Late Barremian, Bulgaria: coral taxonomy and sedimentary environment. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 82:291-330 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151443: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 02.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Heterosmilia spinosa, "? Hexasmilia sp." = Heterocoenia
Heterosmilia spinosa Kołodziej et al. 2012 stony coral
"? Hexasmilia sp." = Heterocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae
Paracarolastraea zlatarskii
Paracarolastraea zlatarskii Kołodziej et al. 2012 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea sp., Pleurophyllia bulgarica, ? Pleurophyllia sp., ? Hexapetalum sp., "Metaulastraea cf. rarauensis" = Pleurostylina, ? Donacosmilia sp.
Amphiastrea sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
? Pleurophyllia sp. Fromentel 1856 stony coral
? Hexapetalum sp. Eliasova 1975 stony coral
"Metaulastraea cf. rarauensis" = Pleurostylina stony coral
? Donacosmilia sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral