Ljalinci, Rebro area, subreef facies, Pernik (Cretaceous of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (42.8° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• subreef facies
• light grey or reddish limestones, 70-80 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67563: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.11.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
Polytremacis blainvillei
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla2
"Actinastrea decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla2 Michelin 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
"Synastraea granifera" = Synastrea
"Synastraea granifera" = Synastrea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Carantoseris humilis" = Acrosmilia
"Carantoseris humilis" = Acrosmilia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Haimesiphyllia salsensis" = Cladocora
"Haimesiphyllia salsensis" = Cladocora stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Parasmilia centralis
Parasmilia centralis Mantell 1822 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Polyastropsis arnaudi" = Thamnoseris arnaudi
"Polyastropsis arnaudi" = Thamnoseris arnaudi Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
Plesiastrea constricta1
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria microstoma
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet.
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
Echinoidea
 Echinoida -
Echinoida indet.
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
  -
Annelida indet.
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Plagioptychus sp.
Plagioptychus sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolites sp., Eoradiolites sp., Biradiolites sp.
Radiolites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
Eoradiolites sp. Douvillé 1909 rudist
Biradiolites sp. d'Orbigny 1850 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Vaccinites sp., Hippurites sp., Pseudovaccinites sp.
Vaccinites sp. Fischer 1887 rudist
Hippurites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
Pseudovaccinites sp. Sénesse 1946 rudist
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Trochactaeon sp.
Trochactaeon sp. Meek 1863 snail
1Baron-Szabo 2009; 2Kiessling 2008