Birilovka (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

Where: Sumy, Ukraine (51.0° N, 35.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 30.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 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 86703: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Smilotrochus galeriformis Kner 1848 stony coral
Cyathoceras mangyschlakensis Kuzmicheva 1987 stony coral