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Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene, Bulgaria

Group	Lovech Urgonian
Formation	Balgarene
Age:	130 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Interval	Early Barremian
Lithology	marl/"limestone", marl
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	26

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Veliko Tarnovo	Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene
Novo Selo	Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene
Samovodene	Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene
Sedyankovtsi	Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene
Skalsko	Dryanovo Municipality, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene
Kormyansko	Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene
Pushevo	Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene
Dragizhevo	Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria	Lovech Urgonian - Balgarene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Actinastrea actinastrae species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Actinastrea : *Actinastrea actinastrae*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Actinastrea urgonensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Actinastrea : *Actinastrea urgonensis*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stelidioseris minima species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Stelidioseris : *Stelidioseris minima*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cladophyllia stewartae species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Cladophyllia : *Cladophyllia stewartae*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mesomorpha punctata species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Curtoseriidae : Mesomorpha : *Mesomorpha punctata*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Calamophylliopsis compressa species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dermosmiliidae : Calamophylliopsis : *Calamophylliopsis compressa*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Clausastrea julistephanovi species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Clausastrea : *Clausastrea julistephanovi*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dimorphocoenia crassisepta species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Dimorphocoenia : *Dimorphocoenia crassisepta*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Isastrea neocomiensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Isastraea : *Isastrea neocomiensis*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cryptocoenia fontserei species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Cryptocoenia : *Cryptocoenia fontserei*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cryptocoenia miyakoensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Cryptocoenia : *Cryptocoenia miyakoensis*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia pseudocorallina species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Heliocoenia : *Heliocoenia pseudocorallina*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia rarauensis species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Heliocoenia : *Heliocoenia rarauensis*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia rozkowskae species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Heliocoenia : *Heliocoenia rozkowskae*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heliocoenia triradiata species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Heliocoenia : *Heliocoenia triradiata*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudocoenia annae species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Pseudocoenia : *Pseudocoenia annae*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stereocaenia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Thamnasteriidae : *Stereocaenia*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tirnovimeandra conica species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Trochoidomeandridae : Tirnovimeandra : *Tirnovimeandra conica*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Wellsimeandra morycowae species	7	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Trochoidomeandridae : Wellsimeandra : *Wellsimeandra morycowae*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Heminautilus boselliorum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Cymatoceratidae : Heminautilus : *Heminautilus boselliorum*	130 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Idakieva V., Tchechmedjieva V. (2003) Wellsimeandra gen. n. du Barremien de la region de Veliko Tirnovo (Prebalkan central) [Wellsimeandra nov. gen. from the Barremian of the Veliko Tirnovo region (central Forebalkan)], Dokladi na B'lgarskata Akademia na Naukite 56 1, 61-66

Tchechmedjieva V. (2005) Tirnovimeandra gen. n. (scleractinians) du Barremien de Bulgarie du Nord (Prebalkan central) [Tirnovimeandra n. gen. (Scleractinia) from the Barremian of Northern Bulgaria (central Fore-Balkan)], Doklady na Balgarskata Akademia na Naukite 58 3, 303-306

Idakieva V. (2007) Taxonomy of scleractinian corals from the Barremian-Lower Aptian of central north Bulgaria (Lovech Urgonian Group), Godishnik na Sofiyskiya Universitet Sv. Kliment Okhridski, Geologo-Geografski Fakultet, Geologiya 100, 29-66

Ilcheva A., Motchurova-Dekova N. (2011) Catalogue of type collections of Early Cretaceous corals (Scleractinia, Anthozoa) at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Review of the bulgarian geological society 72, 129-140

Baudouin C., Delanoy G., et al (2016) Revision of the Early Cretaceous genera Heminautilus Spath, 1927, and Josanautilus Martínez & Grauges, 2006 (Nautilida, Cenoceratidae), Carnets de Géologie 16 5, 61-212

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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