PBDB Collection

Schachtessai Upper, Pamir, Tajikistan (Triassic of Tajikistan)

Also known as Reef 24

Where: Tajikistan (37.5° N, 74.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 58.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bortepa Formation, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified sandstone and lithified reef rocks

• 50-150 m thick Bortepa Fm. with greenish-gray, often coarse-grained gravelly sandstones and siltstones wtih beds, lenses of organogenic limestones, containing bioherms and biostromes.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. I. Dronov and G. K. Melnikova. 1994. Facies zonation of the Triassic basin in the SE Pamirs. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 172:275-282 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34648: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 15.09.2003, edited by Phil Novack-Gottshall

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Aksaeporella artum Aksaeporella artum
Hydrozoa
Milleporina - Heterastrididae	Heterastridium conglobatum Heterastridium conglobatum Reuss 1854 fire coral
Spongiomorphida - Spongiomorphidae	Spongiomorpha ampluramosa Spongiomorpha ampluramosa
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae	Pamiroseris rectilamellosa, Crassistella juvavica Pamiroseris rectilamellosa Winckler 1861 stony coral Crassistella juvavica Frech 1890 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Chondrocoenia paradoxa, Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Chondrocoenia paradoxa Melnikova 1968 stony coral Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae	Astraeomorpha crassisepta, Astraeomorpha confusa Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral
Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae	Margarosmilia mutligranulata, Margarosmilia minima Margarosmilia mutligranulata stony coral Margarosmilia minima stony coral
Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae	Retiophyllia clathrata Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae	Cuifastraea granulata Cuifastraea granulata Melnikova 1983 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae	Stylophyllopsis bortepensis Stylophyllopsis bortepensis stony coral
Lamellispongia
-	Lamellispongia gelevus Lamellispongia gelevus
Calcarea
-	Pseudodictyocoelia elongata Pseudodictyocoelia elongata calcareous sponge
Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae	Stellispongia manon Stellispongia manon Münster 1841 calcareous sponge
Hexactinellida
-	Hodsia pamirica Hodsia pamirica glass sponge
Disjectoporidae
- Disjectoporidae	Pamiropora concentrica Pamiropora concentrica
Stromatoporoidea
Labechiida - Lophiostromatidae	Lophiostroma boletiformis Lophiostroma boletiformis stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
-	Ptychochaetetes varioparietes, Atrochaetetes pamiricus Ptychochaetetes varioparietes demosponge Atrochaetetes pamiricus demosponge
Hadromerida - Celyphiidae	Celyphia submarginata Celyphia submarginata Münster 1841 demosponge
Chaetetida - Chaetetidae	Pseudoseptifer bortepensis Pseudoseptifer bortepensis chaetetid sponge
Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae	Stromatomorpha tenuiramosa Stromatomorpha tenuiramosa demosponge
Axinellida -	Pamirostroma tenuis, Pamirostroma ramosa Pamirostroma tenuis demosponge Pamirostroma ramosa demosponge
Agelasida - Sebargasiidae	Amblysiphonella loerentheyi, Amblysiphonella timorica Amblysiphonella loerentheyi Vinassa de Regny 1901 demosponge Amblysiphonella timorica Vinassa de Regny 1915 demosponge
Agelasida - Preperonidellidae	Precorynella simplex Precorynella simplex demosponge
Agelasida - Catenispongiidae	Hartmanina radiciformis Hartmanina radiciformis demosponge
Verticillitida - Colospongiidae	Colospongia pseudosiphonata Colospongia pseudosiphonata demosponge