Godogani (Cretaceous of Georgia)

Also known as Reef 3994

Where: Georgia (42.3° N, 42.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 46.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• coral-dominated bioherms or biostromes

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1985. Geksakorally urgonskoy fatsii Dzirulskogo Massiva i ego cevernogo obramlyeniya [Hexacorals from the Urgonian facies of the Dzirul Massif and its northern frame]. Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A I Dzhanelidze, Trudy 88:1-78 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89971: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris convexa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra interrupta de Fromentel 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Floria sexradiata" = Floriastrea sexradiata
"Floria sexradiata" = Floriastrea sexradiata Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Microsolena crassisepta n. sp." = Periseris crassisepta
"Microsolena crassisepta n. sp." = Periseris crassisepta Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
Demospongiae
  - Burgundiidae
"Burgundia massiliensis" = Burgundia ramosa
"Burgundia massiliensis" = Burgundia ramosa Pfender 1937 demosponge