Copetdag (Jurassic of Turkmenistan)

Also known as Reef 2848

Where: Turkmenistan (38.0° N, 57.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 63.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• Reef growth spanning Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian boundary, but fauna described from late Oxfordian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

• Brachiopods only

Primary reference: E. L. Prosorovskaya. 1996. Facies control of Jurassic brachiopods: examples from central Asia. In P. Copper, J. Jin (eds.), Brachiopods: proceedings of the third International Brachiopod Symposium. Rotterdam (Balkema) 215-220 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96014: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Septaliphoria pinguis, "Rhactorhynchia corallina" = Septaliphoria corallina
"Rhactorhynchia corallina" = Septaliphoria corallina Leymerie 1846
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae