Pshitsa, Abkhaziya (Jurassic of Georgia)

Also known as Reef 3920

Where: Georgia (43.4° N, 40.7° E: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 49.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• bioherm
• reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: Z. M. Lebanidze. 1991. Pozdneyurskiye korally Zapadnoy Gruzii (Abkhaziya) [Upper Jurassic corals of western Georgia (Abkhaziya)]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk Gruzii, Geologicheskiy Institut Imeni A. I. Dzanelidze 105:1-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85933: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia kabakovitschae Bendukidze 1982 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae
"Clausastrea confluens" = Latiphyllia confluens
"Clausastrea confluens" = Latiphyllia confluens Quenstedt 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Acanthogyra columnaris Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral