Gornaya Gryada Shirkala (Cretaceous of Kazakhstan)

Where: Atyrau, Kazakhstan (47.0° N, 55.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 48.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-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 86767: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Smilotrochus cornucopiae Duncan 1869 stony coral