Tskhanari, Caucasus, upper biostrome: Albian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heterocoeniidae
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Acanthogyra paracolumnaris n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhipidogyridae
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Ironella tskhanariensis n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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| recombined as Starostinia tskhanariensis | |||||||
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Placogyra brevimaeandra n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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Ogilvinella parelegans n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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| recombined as Placogyra parelegans | |||||||
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Pseudoironella regularis n. gen., n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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Tskhanarella crassisepta n. gen., n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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| recombined as Pruvostastraea crassisepta | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Eugyridae
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Myriophyllia tenuimaeandra n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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Myriophyllia propria n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Comoseris aff. minima
Beauvais 1964
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Ellipsocoenia baumbergeri
(Koby 1897)
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| recombined as Latiastrea baumbergeri | |||||||
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Latiastraea mucronata n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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Microphyllia undans
Etallon 1859
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Solenocoeniidae
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Solenocoenia sexradiata
(Goldfuss 1826)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Heliocoenia minima n. sp.
Sikharulidze 1979
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Heliocoenia variabilis
Etallon 1859
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Thamnasteria favrei
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Geography
| Country: | Georgia |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 43.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.7° South, 43.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: upper biostrome, 3.5 m thick | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
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 3908 | ||
| Database number: | 85430 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-18 05:48:52 | Last modified: | 2009-01-08 16:58:56 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28812. | G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1979. Albskiye korally cela Tskhanari (Zapadnaya Grusiya) [Albian corals from Tskhanari (Western Georgia)]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A. I. Dzhanelidze 63:1-49 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] |