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Bivolare reef, Pleven Province, Bulgaria

Lat/Long (Decimal)	43.4833,24.55
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Pleven Province, Bulgaria

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Bivolare reef, Pleven, NW Bulgaria	Pisera A. (1996)		Lower Badenian	"limestone"	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Novocrania anomala species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Craniata : Craniida : Craniidae : Novocrania : *Novocrania anomala*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Argyrotheca cuneata species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Megathyrididae : Argyrotheca : *Argyrotheca cuneata*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Joania cordata species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Megathyrididae : Joania : *Joania cordata*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Minutella bulgarica species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Thecideida : Thecidellinidae : Minutella : *Minutella bulgarica*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Turbinaria sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : *Turbinaria*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Favia sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Favia*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Solenastrea sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Solenastrea*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Tarbellastraea sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : *Tarbellastraea*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Tarbellastraea raulini species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea : *Tarbellastraea raulini*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Tarbellastraea reussiana species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea : *Tarbellastraea reussiana*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Tarbellastraea tenera species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea : *Tarbellastraea tenera*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Heliastrea sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Dipsastraea*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Favites sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : *Favites*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Stylophora sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : *Stylophora*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Porites sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : *Porites*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : *Siderastrea*	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene
Corallinaceae family	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae	13.65 - 12.7 Ma Miocene

References

Bitner M. A. (1993) Middle Miocene (Badenian) brachiopods from coral reefs of north-western Bulgaria, Acta Geologica Polonica 43 1-2, 147-155

Pisera A. (1996) Miocene reefs of the Paratethys: a review, SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5, 97-104

Budd A. F., Bosellini F. R., et al (1996) Systematics of the Oligocene to Miocene reef coral Tarbellastraea in the northern Mediterranean, Palaeontology 39 3, 515-560

Bitner M. A., Motchurova-Dekova N. (2016) Middle Miocene (Badenian) brachiopods from Yasen, northwestern Bulgaria: taxonomic composition and biogeographical significance, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 279, 7-22

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