Karasan (Jurassic to of Uzbekistan)

Also known as Reef 2357

Where: Uzbekistan (38.6° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 72.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. T. Khusanov. 1987. Pozdneyurskie skleraktinii rifogennykh otlozheniy yuzhnogo i zapadnogo Uzbekistana [Upper Jurassic Scleractinia from reefal buildups in southern and western Uzbekistan] 1-92 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91827: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Stephanastrea jurassica Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia etalloni Koby 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia vurguni Babaev 1964 stony coral