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Cryptocoenia bulgarica (Toula, 1884)

       

 

Remarks

  • Collector:    Dan Woehr
  • Formation:  Trinity Group, Lower Glen Rose Limestone
  • Location:     Comal County, TX

Identification by Hannes Löser.  Thanks!

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1884 Astrocoenia bulgarica Toula
  • 1884 Astrocoenia bulgarica Toula; Löser
  • 2006 Cryptocoenia bulgarica (Toula); Löser (personal communication)

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Trinity Group, Upper Glen Rose Limestone of Central Texas
  • Early Aptian rocks of Serbia
  • Aptian to Early Albian rocks of France
  • Aptian to Early Albian rocks of Greece
  • Aptian to Early Alibian rocks of Spain
  • Aptian to Early Albian rocks of Venezuela

 

Age

  • Cryptocoenia bulgarica (Toula) ranges from the Early Aptian to the Early Cenomanian Stage (~116-97 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

  • Comal County, TX
  • France
  • Greece
  • Puebla, Mexico
  • Serbia
  • Spain
  • Sonora, Mexico
  • Venezuela

 

Remarks

For report, see:

  • Loser, H.  2002.  Catalogue of Cretaceous Corals, Volume 2, List of Citations.  Part 1-Introduction, Directions for Use, List of Citations (A - K).  Dresden:  CPress Verlag, p. 88.

The original description is in:

  • Toula, F.  1884.  Geologische Untersuchungen im Westlichen Theile de Balkans und in den Angrenzenden Gebiete (10:) Von Pirot nach Sofia auf den Vitoš, über Pernik nach Trn und über Stol nat Pirot. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse), (1), 88, 1279-1348, pl 1-9.

 

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