THE MEDITERRANEAN LOWER CRETACEOUS

Sanmartinoceras (Sinzovia) trautscholdi (S i n z.) is found at the base of the outcrop
to the east of SaSevo village.
Slightly further north, to the east of Radanovo village, the Bedoulian is represented
by slightly aleuritic clayey marls with intercalations of calcareous sandstones,
micrograined limestones and sandy limestones. The following species are found
among them: Toxoceratoides royerianus (dО r b.), Cheloniceras (C.) cornuelianuin
(d'O r b.), C. (C.) cf. dechouxi (K il., Re b.), Aconeceras nisoides (S a r.) and Sanmartinoceras
(Sinzovia) trautscholdi (S i n z.).
In the east, in the area of the villages Kamen, Bojka, Vodica, Kovaccvec and
Palamarca, the Bedoulian is represented by clayey marls with very rare and thin
intercalations of sandstones. Thin-layer slightly aleuritic limestones appear in the
uppermost part. The following species are found among these sediments: С. (C.)
cornuelianum (d'O r b.), С. (C.) cf. pygmeum (N i к s с h.), С. (С.) cf. seminodosum
(S i n z.), Deshayesites callidiscus С a s., D. deshayesi (Ley m.), D. planus Cas.
and D. strigosus Cas.
Complete sections of the Bedoulian are found in the valley of Cerni Lom river,
around the villages Zaraevo, Opaka, Krepca, Gàrcinovo, Gorsko Ablanovo and
Kacelovo, where marls and clayey limestones are developed. These sediments contain
many ammonites (Николов, 1969a). Thin-bedded and silicified limestones
are discovered in the upper part of Bedoulian sections, in some places even
chalcedonoliths (Горано в, 1965).
The following species are collected from these sections: Procheloniceras albrechtiaustriae
(H о h.), P. pachystephanum (U h 1.), Cheloniceras (C.) cornuelianum
(d'O г b.), С. (C.) kiliani (Кое п.), С. (С.) seminodosum (S i n z.), Deshayesites
stutzeri R. i e d e J, D. deshayesi (Ley m.), D. strigosus С a s., D. forbesi С a s.,
D. consobrinus (d'O г b.) and D. callidiscus С a s.
In the valley of Malki Lom river, to the north and northwest of Sadina village,
the Bedoulian is represented by clayey limestones which pass into pure limestones.
These sediments are also intercalated to the east towards the villages Osenec
and Balkanski, Razgrad District, as well as south of Razgrad. The transition between
the Razgrad and Ruse Formations takes place in this zone at the level of the
Bedoulian.
In the east, in the Vojvoda Plateau and Stanata, the Bedoulian is represented
by alternation of marls and clayey limestones passing into granular limestones in
the upper part and to the north.
Between the towns of Vâlci Dol and Suvorovo the Bedoulian is represented by
clayey marls, aleuritic clayey limestones, aleuritic marls, calcareous sandstones and
relatively pure limestones with flint concretions. Clayey-sandy limestones containing
great amounts of glauconite, glauconite sandstones and clayey-calcareous sandstones,
are found near Vojvodino village, Varna District. Cheloniceras (C.) cornuelianum
(d'O г b.) and Deshayesites spp. are found among these sediments.
In the northernmost part of the area the Bedoulian is connected with the Ruse
Formation. Various limestones are developed: granular, oolitic, biodetritic, bivalvial,
coral, bryozoal, algal, in some places porcelain-like (micrograined), in other
places sandy and orbitolinic limestones. The following species are found among
these sediments near the villages Belcov and Batin, Ruse District: Deshayesites
weissi (N e u m., U h 1.), D. grandis Spath, D. callidiscus С a s., D. forbesi
С a s., D. strigosus С a s., Deshayesites spp., Procheloniceras albrechtiaustriae
(H о h.) and Cheloniceras (C.) spp.
Of particular interest is the section of the Bedoulian to the southeast of Sirokovo
and near Ostrica villages, Ruse District, where at a distance of about 1 km
the transition between the clayey-calcareous sediments of the Razgrad Formation
and the limestones of the Ruse Formation takes place.
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