Tskhanari, Caucasus, lower biostrome (Cretaceous of Georgia)

Also known as Reef 3908

Where: Georgia (42.6° N, 43.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.4° N, 60.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• lower biostrome, 1 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1979. Albskiye korally cela Tskhanari (Zapadnaya Grusiya) [Albian corals from Tskhanari (Western Georgia)]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A. I. Dzhanelidze 63:1-49 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85425: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia minima, Heliocoenia variabilis
Heliocoenia minima Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Étallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia sp., Microphyllia undans, Microphyllia densecostata n. sp., Latiastraea mucronata
Microphyllia sp. D'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Étallon 1859 stony coral
Microphyllia densecostata n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Latiastraea mucronata Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis compressa, Dermosmilia neocomiensis
Calamophylliopsis compressa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Dermosmilia neocomiensis de Fromentel 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Placogyra aff. felixi, Psammogyra priva n. sp.
Placogyra aff. felixi Koby 1904 stony coral
Psammogyra priva n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pleurophyllia aff. trichotoma
Pleurophyllia aff. trichotoma de Fromentel 1856 stony coral