Mezhgor'ye (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

Where: Ukraine (45.0° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 51.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; calcareous claystone and reef rocks

Primary reference: E.I. Kusmicheva. 1972. Berriasian Scleractinians of the Crimean Mountain Region. Paleontological Journal 6(2):47-51 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47041: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 01.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga
"Lithodomus sp." = Lithophaga Röding 1798 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet.
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Baksanophyllia cylindrica n. gen. n. sp." = Parasynastraea cylindrica
"Baksanophyllia cylindrica n. gen. n. sp." = Parasynastraea cylindrica Kusmicheva 1972 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea burulchiensis n. sp., Microsolena guttata
Dimorpharaea burulchiensis n. sp. Kusmicheva 1972 stony coral
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Monocyclastraea alpina n. gen." = Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina, Montlivaltia sp.
"Monocyclastraea alpina n. gen." = Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina Koby 1895 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Hexactinellida
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Hexactinellida indet.
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge