Malyy Balkhan Mountains, unit 5 (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

Also known as Reef 3686

Where: Turkmenistan (39.3° N, 55.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 60.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Y. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Korally iz nizhnebarremskikh organogennykh postroek Malogo Balkhana i Tuarkyra [Corals from Lower Barremian organogenous buildups from the Malyy Balkhan and Tuarkyr]. In K. N. Amanniyazov (ed.), Geologicheskoe stroenie Turkmenistana 217-262 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91687: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea saltensis
Clausastrea saltensis Alloiteau 1960 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Glenarea prozorovskii n. sp.
Glenarea prozorovskii n. sp. Kuzmicheva 1987 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra lanckoronensis, Eugyra cotteaui
Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Summigaraea concentrica