Review of the ammonite genus Pseudokossmaticeras Spath, 1922 from the uppermost Campanian–lower Maastrichtian in Bulgaria

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pp. 3-33
Department of Geology, Palaeontology and Fossil Fuels, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract: 

New data on the ammonite genus Pseudokossmaticeras Spath, 1922 have been obtained from several uppermost Campanian–lower Maastrichtian strata of the Fore-Balkan Mountains (Bulgaria). A review of the earlier Bulgarian records of the genus is also presented. The following species are here described and illustrated: Pseudokossmaticeras brandti (Redtenbacher, 1873), P. galicianum (Favre, 1869), P. muratovi Michailov, 1951 and P. tercense (Seunes, 1892). Our newly obtained ammonite records were constrained by the inoceramid zonation that has recently been proposed for successions of the Fore-Balkan area. Hence, the Bulgarian data are of importance for correlation with other occurrences of Pseudokossmaticeras across Europe.

Keywords: 

uppermost Campanian–lower Maastrichtian, ammonites, taxonomy, Bulgaria

DOI: 
10.52321/GeolBalc.50.2.3

VOLUME 50 (2)/August 2021

Department of Geology, Palaeontology and Fossil Fuels, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Laboratory of Telematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 8, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

National Center for Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, 3 St Georgi Sofiyski Str., 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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National Center for Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, 3 St Georgi Sofiyski Str., 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geophysics Engineering EOOD, Residential area Strogoziya, Bl. 113, 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria
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Ellatzite-Med AD, 2086 Mirkovo, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ellatzite-Med AD, 2086 Mirkovo, Bulgaria
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Ellatzite-Med AD, 2086 Mirkovo, Bulgaria

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Department of Geology, Palaeontology and Fossil Fuels, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Department of Geology, Palaeontology and Fossil Fuels, Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria