Where: Bulgaria (42.7° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 30.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Babino Formation, Bithynian to Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Original citation considers the collection to be Ladinian, but the Babino Formation is Bithynian - Pelsonian (Middle Anisian) according to Ajdanlijsky et al. (2019)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Benatov. 2001. Brachiopod biostratigraphy of the Middle Triassic in Bulgaria and comparison with elsewhere in Europe. In C. Howard, C. Brunton, L. R. M. Cocks, S. L. Long (eds.), Brachiopods Past and Present 63:384-393 [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44917: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 20.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Hirsutella aff. hirsuta Unclassified to avoid ambiguity with Hirsutella hirsuta (d'Orbigny, 1839): Foraminiferida. These can not be disentangled.
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Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus praeacutus" = Mytilus muensteri
"Mytilus praeacutus" = Mytilus muensteri Klipstein 1843 mussel | |
Lima costata Münster 1836 file clam | |
Placunopsis ernesti scallop | |
Enantiostreon spondiloides scallop | |
Chlamys schroeteri scallop | |
Megalodon sp., "Megalodon rimosus" = Pachyrisma rimosum
Megalodon sp. Sowerby 1827 clam
"Megalodon rimosus" = Pachyrisma rimosum Münster 1841 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Schwagerispira schwageri Bittner 1890 | |
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Mentzelia cf. ampla Bittner 1890 | |
Angustothyris angustaeformis Boekh 1872 |