Mokhorotubani, Dzirul Massif (Cretaceous of Georgia)

Also known as Reef 1971

Where: Georgia (42.4° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 46.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• bioherm, 15 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1985. Geksakorally urgonskoy fatsii Dzirulskogo Massiva i ego cevernogo obramlyeniya [Hexacorals from the Urgonian facies of the Dzirul Massif and its northern frame]. Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A I Dzhanelidze, Trudy 88:1-78 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67511: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.11.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia sp. Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Floria sexradiata n. sp." = Floriastrea sexradiata
"Floria sexradiata n. sp." = Floriastrea sexradiata Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia miyakoensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinaraea tenuis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Eugyra pontica stony coral
subspecies hydnophoroides
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Eugyra interrupta de Fromentel 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea alloiteaui, "Complexastraeopsis coronata n. gen. n. sp." = Complexastrea coronata
Clausastrea alloiteaui Morycowa 1964 stony coral
"Complexastraeopsis coronata n. gen. n. sp." = Complexastrea coronata Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris convexa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena exigua, "Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastraea magna n. sp. Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora steinmanni Fritzsche 1924 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sablensis Trautschold 1886 stony coral
"Stylina elegans" = Stylina inwaldensis Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Heliocoenia sparsa Trautschold 1886 stony coral
Heliocoenia picteti Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea aff. gracilis Koby 1888 stony coral