Open AccessTriassic marine reptiles and other fossil vertebrates from the area of Godech, Western Bulgaria
Author(s) -
Vladimir Nikolov,
Docho Dochev,
Lubomir Metodiev,
Dimitar Dimitrov,
Gergana Velyanova,
Latinka Hristova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
spisanie na bʺlgarskoto geologičesko družestvo/spisanie na bʺlgarskoto geologičesko družestvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1314-8680
pISSN - 0007-3938
DOI - 10.52215/rev.bgs.2021.82.3.118
Subject(s) - cretaceous , mesozoic , paleontology , bulgarian , outcrop , geology , fossil record , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , fishery , philosophy , linguistics , structural basin
Hitherto, the popular understanding was that the Bulgarian fossil record of Mesozoic tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) has been restricted to the Upper Cretaceous. In this contribution we report on the discovery of isolated bones of marine reptiles and teeth of various vertebrates from the Middle Triassic carbonate rocks outcropping near the town of Godech, Western Bulgaria. A revision of the currently held orthodoxy that Bulgaria is mostly a barren land when it comes to Mesozoic tetrapods is urged.