Dinosaurus in Bulgaria?
No, dinosaurs haven't been found so far in Bulgaria. That doesn't mean there're no fossils from that group of animals. We believe that if we are strenuous enough, we will find them! But in fact in our country we have several finds of giant marine reptiles from that time ...
Our last trip
Our last trip to the south Bulgarian villages - Ognianovo and Satovtsha was really impressive. That part of our country is a unique oasis not only for modern species, but also for fossil plants, invertebrates and mammals. There is quite a big abundance of fossil leaves, fishes and insects.
A femur was found...
On the 26th (Thursday) 1999,
working in a stone-pit near the village Turnava (Vratza province),
the excavator operator, Ivan Todorov came across an unusual find.
He quickly realized that fragments in front of him are not rocks,
but bones of prehistoric animal.
Deinotherium thraciensis
Many fossils were found
in our country at different stratigraffic levels across Eocene,
Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene . They are mainly from
Proboscidean:Deinotheres, Choedolophodon, Mammuthus, Anancus, Tetralophodon/.
Molars, jaws, limb bones and tusks are the most abundant fossils.
It is rare to find 10-20 bones from one skeleton and it would be
big news, if someone excavated a whole skeleton.
Palynological and Sedimentological
data
Palynological investigations
of lakes along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast have enabled the main
phases of vegetation development and human impact for the last 8000
years to be traced. The pollen diagrams generally demonstrate a
long period of uniformity in forest composition for the greater
part of the Holocene.
A pollen diagram from Lake
Durankulak
The Bessarabian and Chersonian sediments
from the Forecarpathian and Euxinian Basins were studied palynologically
and sedimentologically. Both sedimentological and palynological
data show that the climate at that time became dry in the proximity
of the basins. The deposition of aragonite sediments took place
under a dry climate. The presence of xerophytic palaeocommunities
also pro-vides evidence that the climate was warm, with long dry
periods and minimal rainfall.
New species to Bulgarian flora
The object of the study
is Davallia haidingeri E11., a new species to Bulgarian flora.
The species was found in Middle-Miocene rocks to Satovcha Graben
(Southwestern Bulgaria). Ichnophytological and palynological methods
were applied. The spores isolated from the son of the fossil material
are defined as Polipodiispories alienus (R. P o t. 1931)
N a g y 1973.
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