Dzhilgakochusu Valley, Tajikistan (Triassic to of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (37.5° N, 74.8° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° N, 52.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Shaimak Formation, Tuvalian to Tuvalian (232.0 - 215.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G.K. Melnikova. 1996. New Triassic Colonial Scleractinians from the Southeastern Pamirs. Paleontological Journal 30(2):128-134 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42745: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 05.08.2004, edited by Hannah Shepherd

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Crassistella juvavica
Crassistella juvavica Frech 1890 stony coral
30 specimens from this locale
 Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Pachydendron microthallos, Pachysolenia cylindrica
Pachydendron microthallos Cuif 1975 stony coral
4 specimens from this locale
Pachysolenia cylindrica Cuif 1975 stony coral
3 specimens
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Thamnomargarosmilia prima n. gen. n. sp.
Thamnomargarosmilia prima n. gen. n. sp. Melnikova 1996 stony coral
Holotype
 Scleractinia -
Parastraeomorpha miniscula, Parastraeomorpha similis
Parastraeomorpha miniscula stony coral
3 specimen fragments from this locale
Parastraeomorpha similis Roniewicz 1989 stony coral
2 specimen fragments from this locale
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Protostylophyllum ulfati n. sp.
Protostylophyllum ulfati n. sp. Melnikova 2001 stony coral
Holotype PIC 4598/3