Nowy Afon (Eocene of Georgia)

Where: Abchasien, Georgia (43.1° N, 40.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 49.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Maslov's collection

Primary reference: D. Bassi, J. C. Braga, E. Zakrevskaya and P. Radionova. 2007. Redescription of the type collections of Maslov’s species of Corallinales (Rhodophyta). II. Species included by Maslov in Archaeolithothamnium Rothpletz, 1891. Revista Española de Paleontología 22(2):115-125 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164966: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae