Crimean Mountains, algal-coral bioherms (Cretaceous of Ukraine)
Also known as Reef 2921
Where: Ukraine (44.8° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 49.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
• algal-coral bioherms, 2.5-8 m thick, 2.5-6 m across, 3-10 m distance between bioherms
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. I. Kuzmicheva. 1985. Cretaceous and Paleogene corals of the Ukraine. Moscow University Geology Bulletin 40(5):30-35 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 77072: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Hydrozoa | |
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Millepora sp. fire coral | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Diplocoenia polygonalis stony coral
Diplocoenia octoseptata stony coral
Diplocoenia decaseptata stony coral | |
"Calamophyllia compressa" = Calamophylliopsis compressa
"Calamophyllia compressa" = Calamophylliopsis compressa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
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Amphiastrea aethiopica Dietrich 1926 stony coral | |
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Comoseris meandroides stony coral | |
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Thamnoseris cf. arborescens Felix 1891 stony coral | |
Clausastrea sp., "Thecosmilia tobleri" = Thecosmilia densa
Clausastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Thecosmilia tobleri" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral | |
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Stylina favrei Koby 1895 stony coral
Stylina pachystylina Koby 1895 stony coral | |
"Schizosmilia faceloides" = Cladophyllia
"Schizosmilia faceloides" = Cladophyllia stony coral | |
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Cyathophora hexalobata stony coral
Cyathophora mirtschinkae Kuzmicheva 1972 stony coral | |
| Stromatoporoidea | |
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Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
| Demospongiae | |
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Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge | |