Zurchirtsek valley (Jurassic of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (37.9° N, 74.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 66.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gurumdin Formation, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Repository: Geological Institute of the Tadjik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe (IGD)

Primary reference: G. K. Melnikova, E. Roniewicz, and H. Loeser. 1993. New microsolenid genus Eocomoseris (Scleractinia, Early Lias-Cenomanian). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 63(3):3-12 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133402: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Eocomoseris lamellata n. sp., "Eocomoseris ramosa n. gen. n. sp." = Eocomoseris gurumdyensis
Eocomoseris lamellata n. sp. Melnikova 1993 stony coral
"Eocomoseris ramosa n. gen. n. sp." = Eocomoseris gurumdyensis Roniewicz 2011 stony coral