Belaya River (Miocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Reef 4207

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (44.8° N, 38.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 44.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Early Chokrakian

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• Bryalgal bioherms

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Goncharova and Y. V. Rostovtseva. 2009. Evolution of Organogenic Carbonate Buildups in the Middle through Late Miocene of the Euxine–Caspian Basin (Eastern Paratethys). Paleontological Journal 43(8):866-876 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194987: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria sp. Lamouroux 1821
 Cheilostomata - Candidae
Scrupocellaria sp. van Beneden 1845
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Membranipora sp. Blainville 1834
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella sp. Hincks 1877
 Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria sp. Ellis and Solander 1786