Gagra 3 (Cretaceous of Georgia)

Where: Georgia (43.3° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 46.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• lithologies described as dolomitized limestones, well-bedded limestones with flint concretions, and laminated pelitomorphic limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. V. Kotetishvili. 1989. Biofacies Characteristics of Lower Cretaceous Deposits of Georgia. In J. Wiedmann (ed.), Cretaceous of the Western Tethys. Proceedings 3rd International Cretaceous Symposium, Tuebingen 1987:543-550 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2114: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
"cf. Rogersites atherstoni" = Olcostephanus, cf. Olcostephanus jeannoti
"cf. Rogersites atherstoni" = Olcostephanus ammonite
originally entered as "Rogersites cf. atherstoni"
cf. Olcostephanus jeannoti d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
originally entered as "Olcostephanus cf. jeannoti"
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
"Speetoniceras versicolor" = Simbirskites (Speetoniceras), "Speetoniceras inversum" = Simbirskites (Speetoniceras)
"Speetoniceras versicolor" = Simbirskites (Speetoniceras) ammonite
"versicolor astarte" - originally entered as "Speetoniceras versicolor astarte"
"Speetoniceras inversum" = Simbirskites (Speetoniceras) ammonite
 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
Pseudothurmannia renevieri Sarasin and Schöndelmayer 1901 ammonite
"Pseudothurmannia balearis" = Balearites balearis Nolan 1894 ammonite
"Crioceratites duvali" = Crioceratites duvalii Léveillé 1837 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Leopoldia bargamensis ammonite
"bargamensis dubisiensis" - originally entered as "Leopoldia bargamensis dubisiensis"