Godogani (Cretaceous to of Georgia)

Where: Georgia (42.3° N, 42.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 46.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 72.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. S. Bendukidze. 1956. Verkhnemelovyye korally okrestnostey Godogani i Udzlouri [Upper Cretaceous corals from Godogani and Udzlouri]. Trudy Geologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Seriya Geologiya 9(2):79-125 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91629: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Astrocoenia ramosa" = Actinastrea ramosa, "Astrocoenia decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla
"Astrocoenia ramosa" = Actinastrea ramosa Sowerby 1832 stony coral
"Astrocoenia decaphylla" = Stelidioseris decaphylla Michelin 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis martiniana d’Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Felixastraea zitteli" = Heterogyra zitteli
"Felixastraea zitteli" = Heterogyra zitteli Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
"Thamnastraea procera" = Synastrea procera
"Thamnastraea procera" = Synastrea procera Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Leptophyllia clavata" = Acrosmilia conica
"Leptophyllia clavata" = Acrosmilia conica d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Micrabacia sp. Milne-Edwards 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Astrogyra edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral
Astrogyra aff. edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Trochosmilia didyma" = Rennensismilia complanata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
and n. subsp. godoganiensis
Diploctenium lunatum Bruguiere 1792 stony coral
Diploctenium matheroni Michelin 1847 stony coral
Phyllosmilia aegiale Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Meandrina tenella" = Orbignygyra tenella, "Dendrophyllia cf. brevicaulis" = Barysmilia brevicaulis
"Meandrina tenella" = Orbignygyra tenella Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Dendrophyllia cf. brevicaulis" = Barysmilia brevicaulis Michelin 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Heterocoenia fuchsi Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Phyllocoenia exsculpta" = Montastrea exsculpta
"Phyllocoenia exsculpta" = Montastrea exsculpta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea fungiformis Bendukidze 1949 stony coral
"Dimorphoseris waehneri" = Dimorphastrea waehneri Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria latistellata Reuss 1854 stony coral