Gagra (Cretaceous of Georgia)

Where: Georgia (43.3° N, 40.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.5° S, 49.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: argillaceous carbonate

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 2112: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
Protetragonites quadrisulcatus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Pseudosubplanites sp. Le Hegarat 1973 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
cf. Euthymiceras transfigurabilis ammonite
originally entered as "Euthymiceras cf. transfigurabilis"
 Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
cf. Dalmasiceras crassicostatum Djanelidze 1922 ammonite
originally entered as "Dalmasiceras cf. crassicostatum"
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Favriella imcomposita snail
originally entered as "Fauriella imcomposita"
Favriella shipkovensis snail
originally entered as "Fauriella shipkovensis"