Ali-Goresha area, Dzirul Massif: Early/Lower Barremian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia etalloni n. sp. Sikharulidze 1985
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Columactinastraea urgonensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia aff. crassa Koby 1884
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea decipiens (Prever 1909)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Columellogyra brevidorsum n. sp. Sikharulidze 1985
Columellogyra maeandra n. sp. Sikharulidze 1985
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Trochoidomeandridae
Trochoidomeandra sp. Morycowa 1971
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia alternans
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Diplogyra subplanotabulata n. sp. Sikharulidze 1985
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latiastraea minima Koby 1885
recombined as Latiastrea minima
Ellipsocoenia conferta (Umbgrove 1925)
Ellipsocoenia lorioli (Koby 1896)
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny 1850
Pentacoenia pulchella d'Orbigny 1850
recombined as Cyathophora pulchella
Pseudocoenia annae (Volz 1903)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia corallina Koby 1881
Heliocoenia pseudocorallina Sikharulidze 1977
Heliocoenia aff. variabilis Etallon 1859
Stylina regularis Fromentel 1862
synonym of Stylina digitiformis
Stylina esmuni Felix 1909
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastraea aliensis Sikharulidze 1977
recombined as Amphiaulastrea aliensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria maeandra (Koby 1898)
Mesomorpha punctata (de Fromentel 1857)
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Diceratidae indet. Dall 1895
Sikharulidze 1979
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Requieniidae indet. Douvillé 1914
Sikharulidze 1979
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Sikharulidze 1979
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Sikharulidze 1979
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Sikharulidze 1979
unclassified
Actinastraea cf. pseudominima Koby 1897
see common names

Geography
Country:Georgia
Coordinates: 42.1° North, 43.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.4° South, 45.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Barremian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 121.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: coral-rudist biostromes, 4-10 m thick
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1973
Database number:67512
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-22 07:31:10 Last modified:2009-06-22 09:02:11
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-22 07:31:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30120. 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]

Secondary references:

19238 G. Sikharulidze. 1979. The corals of the Urgonian facies of Georgia. Geobios, Memoire Special 3:301-304 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]