Also known as Reef 2355
Where: Turkoman Republic, Turkmenistan (35.5° N, 61.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 72.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Alikper Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: I. J. Bugrova. 1990. The facies zonation and scleractinians of the early Hauterivian reef complex of Bolshoy Balkhan. Cretaceous Research 11(3):229-236 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2263: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 30.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Actinastraea colliculosa" = Actinastrea
"Actinastraea colliculosa" = Actinastrea stony coral | |
Dermosmilia cretacica Turnsek 1974 stony coral | |
Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia orientalis Bugrova 1991 stony coral | |
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral | |
Thamnoseris sp., "Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis, Microphyllia undans, Fungiastraea sp.
Thamnoseris sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral
"Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis Dietrich 1926 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral | |
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylosmilia alpina Koby 1895 stony coral
"Stylina elegans" = Stylina inwaldensis Ogilvie 1897 stony coral | |
"Stereocoenia collinaria" = Stereocaenia
"Stereocoenia collinaria" = Stereocaenia stony coral | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail |