PBDB Collection

Terek River, Caucasus (Jurassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 638

Where: Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya, Russian Federation (42.9° N, 44.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 49.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• mostly from the Baltovskaya Svita (Tithonian)

•Lower Tithonian according to Kuznetsov (1993)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• barrier reef

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. S. Bendukidze. 1982. Pozdneyurskiye korally rifogennykh otlozheniy Kavkaza i Kryma [Upper Jurassic corals from the reef deposits of the Caucasus and Crimea]. Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A I Dzhanelidze, Trudy 74:1-166 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89994: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae	"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata, "Stylina semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata "Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral "Stylina semiradiata" = Solenocoenia semiradiata Etallon 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae	Latiphyllia suevica Latiphyllia suevica Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Thecosmilia cartieri, "Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa, Montlivaltia cf. nattheimensis, Montlivaltia truncata Thecosmilia cartieri Koby 1884 stony coral "Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral Montlivaltia cf. nattheimensis Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	"Thecosmilia irregularis" = Dermoseris irregularis "Thecosmilia irregularis" = Dermoseris irregularis Thurmann and Etallon 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	"Isastrea thurmanni" = Microphyllia thurmanni, "Latimaeandra brevivallis" = Microphyllia brevivallis, "Isastrea minima" = Latiastrea minima "Isastrea thurmanni" = Microphyllia thurmanni Etallon 1864 stony coral "Latimaeandra brevivallis" = Microphyllia brevivallis Becker 1875 stony coral "Isastrea minima" = Latiastrea minima Koby 1885 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	Stylina tubulifera, Stylina parvipora, "Cryptocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata, Stylosmilia cf. michelini, Heliocoenia variabilis Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral Stylina parvipora Ogilvie 1896 stony coral "Cryptocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral Stylosmilia cf. michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae	Cryptocoenia castellum, Cryptocoenia cf. octosepta, Cyathophora gresslyi, Cyathophora claudiensis, Cyathophora thurmanni, Cyathophora bourgueti Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral Cryptocoenia cf. octosepta Etallon 1864 stony coral Cyathophora gresslyi stony coral Cyathophora claudiensis Etallon 1859 stony coral Cyathophora thurmanni Koby 1881 stony coral Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	"Etallonia minima" = Etallonasteria minima "Etallonia minima" = Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Calamophylliopsis flabellum, Calamophylliopsis etalloni, Epistreptophyllum cf. giganteum Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral Calamophylliopsis etalloni Koby 1884 stony coral Epistreptophyllum cf. giganteum Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae	Andemantastraea cf. michelini Andemantastraea cf. michelini Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	"Amphiastraea basaltiformis" = Amphiastrea basaltiformis "Amphiastraea basaltiformis" = Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral