Gizeldon River, N Caucasus (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

Where: Severnaya Osetiya, Russian Federation (42.9° N, 44.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 49.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Y.e. V. Krasnov and E. A. Starostina. 1970. Pozdneyurskiye skleraktinii severnogo Kavkaza [Late Jurassic scleractinians of the northern Caucasus region]. in Mezozoyskiye korally SSSR [Mesozoic corals of the USSR], Papers of II Allunion Symposium on fossil corals of the USSR (4)75-80 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78693: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia matskevici n. sp. Krasnov and Starostina 1970 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
"Ironella giseldonensis n. gen. n. sp." = Bracthelia giseldonensis
"Ironella giseldonensis n. gen. n. sp." = Bracthelia giseldonensis Krasnov and Starostina 1970 stony coral