Malyy Balkhan Mts. (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

Where: Turkmenistan (39.3° N, 55.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 49.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 86795: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
"Palaeopsammia multiformis" = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Palaeopsammia multiformis" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral