Malyy Balkhan Mountains, unit 3 (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

Also known as Reef 3686

Where: Turkmenistan (39.3° N, 55.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 60.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• third bioherm

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Y. I. Kuzmicheva. 1987. Korally iz nizhnebarremskikh organogennykh postroek Malogo Balkhana i Tuarkyra [Corals from Lower Barremian organogenous buildups from the Malyy Balkhan and Tuarkyr]. In K. N. Amanniyazov (ed.), Geologicheskoe stroenie Turkmenistana 217-262 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91685: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea pseudominima Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Heterocoenia balkhanensis n. sp. Kuzmicheva 1987 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905 stony coral
Clausastrea saltensis Alloiteau 1960 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Ellipsocoenia hemispherica" = Favia hemispherica
"Ellipsocoenia hemispherica" = Favia hemispherica de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis remesi Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis
"Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis Dietrich 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena kugleri Wells 1948 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pleurostylina turkmenensis n. sp. Kuzmicheva 1987 stony coral