Western Kopetdag Mountains (Paleocene of Turkmenistan)
Where: Turkmenistan (38.7° N, 56.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 50.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Chaaldzhin Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR] 1-187 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86697: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2009
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
"Tethocyathus kopetdagensis n. sp." = Trochocyathus speciosus, "Caryophyllia danica" = Caryophyllia konincki, "Ceratotrochus rengarteni" = Ceratotrochus supracretacea
"Tethocyathus kopetdagensis n. sp." = Trochocyathus speciosus Gabb and Horn 1860 stony coral
"Caryophyllia danica" = Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Ceratotrochus rengarteni" = Ceratotrochus supracretacea Hennig 1899 stony coral | |
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Kaluginella turkmenensis Kuzmicheva 1980 | |
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Parisis steenstrupi Nielsen 1913 gorgonian
Parisis melitensis Goldfuss 1827 gorgonian | |
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Moltkia minuta Nielsen 1918 gorgonian | |