Nagorzany, Lviv (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (49.8° N, 24.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 24.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• Belemnitella mucronata zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Siemiradzki. 1927. Korale gornokredowe Polski [Upper Cretaceous corals from Poland]. Kosmos 51:313-326 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87046: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Smilotrochus galeriformis" = Smilotrochus galeriformis, "Smilotrochus nagorzanensis n. sp." = Smilotrochus galeriformis, "Smilotrochus grandis n. sp." = Smilotrochus ponderosus
"Smilotrochus galeriformis" = Smilotrochus galeriformis Kner 1848 stony coral
"Smilotrochus nagorzanensis n. sp." = Smilotrochus galeriformis Kner 1848 stony coral
"Smilotrochus grandis n. sp." = Smilotrochus ponderosus Nielsen 1922 stony coral