Bolshoy Balkhan-4 (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

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
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastraea colliculosa" = Actinastrea
"Actinastraea colliculosa" = Actinastrea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia cretacica Turnsek 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia orientalis Bugrova 1991 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
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
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylosmilia alpina Koby 1895 stony coral
"Stylina elegans" = Stylina inwaldensis Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Stereocoenia collinaria" = Stereocaenia
"Stereocoenia collinaria" = Stereocaenia stony coral
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail