PBDB Collection

Tepebashe Mountains, Abkhaziya (Jurassic to of Georgia)

Also known as Reef 3921

Where: Georgia (43.5° N, 40.2° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 48.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• conglomerates with reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Z. M. Lebanidze. 1991. Pozdneyurskiye korally Zapadnoy Gruzii (Abkhaziya) [Upper Jurassic corals of western Georgia (Abkhaziya)]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk Gruzii, Geologicheskiy Institut Imeni A. I. Dzanelidze 105:1-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85936: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia -	Etalloniopsis georgica Etalloniopsis georgica stony coral
Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae	"Tskhanarella sikharulidzeae n. sp." = Pruvostastraea sikharulidzeae, Pseudoironella abkhazica, Pseudoironella regularis "Tskhanarella sikharulidzeae n. sp." = Pruvostastraea sikharulidzeae Lebanidze 1991 stony coral Pseudoironella abkhazica stony coral Pseudoironella regularis Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Comoseris baltovensis, Chomatoseris cf. orbulites Comoseris baltovensis Roniewicz 1966 stony coral Chomatoseris cf. orbulites Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Thamnoseris sp., "Latiastraea bendukidzeae n. sp." = Latiastrea bendukidzeae, Microphyllia humilis Thamnoseris sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral "Latiastraea bendukidzeae n. sp." = Latiastrea bendukidzeae Lebanidze 1991 stony coral Microphyllia humilis stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Cryptocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis, "Cryptocoenia hexaphyllia" = Adelocoenia hexaphyllia, Stylosmilia corallina, Stylina parcicosta, Heliocoenia cf. etalloni "Cryptocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral "Cryptocoenia hexaphyllia" = Adelocoenia hexaphyllia d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905 stony coral Heliocoenia cf. etalloni Koby 1881 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	"Thecosmiliopsis elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Thecosmilia elegans, Clausastrea parva "Thecosmiliopsis elegans n. gen. n. sp." = Thecosmilia elegans Lebanidze 1991 stony coral Clausastrea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Thamnasteria valfinensis Thamnasteria valfinensis stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	"Etallonia minima" = Etallonasteria minima "Etallonia minima" = Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Mitrodendron modicum, Mitrodendron ogilviae Mitrodendron modicum Eliasova 1975 stony coral Mitrodendron ogilviae Geyer 1955 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Epistreptophyllum cf. bonjouri, Calamophylliopsis compacta Epistreptophyllum cf. bonjouri Etallon 1862 stony coral Calamophylliopsis compacta Koby 1884 stony coral