Akh-Ag Mountains, Abkhaziya: Callovian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Paretallonia caloviensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria kachensis
Thamnasteria cf. lyelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria loryi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Complexastrea lobata Geyer 1965
synonym of Complexastrea seriata
Isastrea crassa (Goldfuss 1826)
Clausastrea ordinaria
Clausastrea calloviensis (Koby 1887)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae
Macgeopsis grandidieri (de Fromentel 1873)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea lentiformis Koby 1906
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Lochmaeosmilia orbicularis
Lochmaeosmilia minima
Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis (Gregory 1900)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia insueta
Cryptocoenia gregoryi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905
Heliocoenia compacta
Heliocoenia costulata Koby 1881
see common names

Geography
Country:Georgia
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 40.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.2° North, 48.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: shales and clayey sandstones with sandy limestone lenses
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85937
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-01-20 05:34:45 Last modified:2009-01-20 07:34:45
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28990. Z. M. Lebanidze. 1991. Kelloveyskiye korally Akhagskoy sinklinali (Zapadnaya Gruziya) [Callovian corals of the Akhagian Syncline (western Georgia)]. Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia 142(2):357-360 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]