Chernaya Skala, Abkhaziya (Jurassic of Georgia)

Also known as Reef 3917

Where: Georgia (43.5° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 48.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 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 85930: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pleurophyllia trichotoma
Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia vigintiseptata n. sp.
Heliocoenia vigintiseptata n. sp. Lebanidze 1991 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Comoseris meandrinoides
Comoseris meandrinoides Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Fungiastraea arachnoides
Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral