Tskhanari, Caucasus, upper biostrome (Cretaceous of Georgia)

Also known as Reef 3908

Where: Georgia (42.6° N, 43.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 43.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• upper biostrome, 3.5 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Y. Sikharulidze. 1979. Albskiye korally cela Tskhanari (Zapadnaya Grusiya) [Albian corals from Tskhanari (Western Georgia)]. Trudy Akademiya Nauk Gruzinskoy SSR, Geologicheskiy Institut imeni A. I. Dzhanelidze 63:1-49 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85430: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Acanthogyra paracolumnaris n. sp.
Acanthogyra paracolumnaris n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Ironella tskhanariensis n. sp." = Starostinia tskhanariensis, Placogyra brevimaeandra n. sp., "Ogilvinella parelegans n. sp." = Placogyra parelegans, Pseudoironella regularis n. gen. n. sp., "Tskhanarella crassisepta n. gen. n. sp." = Pruvostastraea crassisepta
"Ironella tskhanariensis n. sp." = Starostinia tskhanariensis Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Placogyra brevimaeandra n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
"Ogilvinella parelegans n. sp." = Placogyra parelegans Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Pseudoironella regularis n. gen. n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
"Tskhanarella crassisepta n. gen. n. sp." = Pruvostastraea crassisepta Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia tenuimaeandra n. sp., Myriophyllia propria n. sp.
Myriophyllia tenuimaeandra n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Myriophyllia propria n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Comoseris aff. minima
Comoseris aff. minima Beauvais 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Ellipsocoenia baumbergeri" = Latiastrea baumbergeri, Latiastraea mucronata n. sp., Microphyllia undans
"Ellipsocoenia baumbergeri" = Latiastrea baumbergeri Koby 1897 stony coral
Latiastraea mucronata n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
Solenocoenia sexradiata
Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia minima n. sp., Heliocoenia variabilis
Heliocoenia minima n. sp. Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria favrei