Kel'dzhe Range, Tuarkyr (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

Where: Turkmenistan (40.2° N, 55.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 60.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• Lower-Upper Barremian boundary

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

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 91689: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea urgonensis Koby 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Holocystis bukowinensis Volz 1903 stony coral