Gagra 4 (Cretaceous of Georgia)

Where: Georgia (43.3° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 45.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• lithology described as laminated limestones and 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 2115: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Colchidites longicostatus, Colchidites ellipticus, Colchidites lakhephaensis, Paracrioceras rondishiense, Paracrioceras dolloi
 Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae
Imerites ex gr. giraudi, Imerites favrei, Heteroceras sp.
Imerites ex gr. giraudi ammonite
originally entered as "Imerites ex gr. giraudi"
Imerites favrei ammonite
originally entered as "Imerites favrei"
Heteroceras sp. d'Orbigny 1849 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae
Subpulchellia brevicostata, Subpulchellia plana, Pulchellia sp.
Pulchellia sp. ammonite
 Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
Holcodiscus caillaudi, Holcodiscus gastaldi, Spitidiscus andrussowi
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Barremites difficilis
Barremites difficilis d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite