Origin of the Bessarabian limestones with Nubecularia novorossica of Northeastern Bulgaria
Journal: Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society
Year: 2020

The Central and Eastern Paratethys Basins were connected and the joint Sarmatian Sea (Paratethys) appeared after the end of the Badenian. It was separated from the Mediterranean and Indopacific Ocean. As a result, the seawater salinity dropped and mass production of a few euryhaline groups (mainly benthic foraminifera, molluscs, and ostracods) with increasing endemisms developed at the beginning of the Sarmatian (s.l. and s.s.). The fauna and paleoenvironments (facies) were similar throughout th