Voskhod, Crimea, Ukraine (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

Also known as Reef 2636

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (44.6° N, 33.9° E: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 50.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: boissieri zone, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• Informally termed Bioherm member

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Small bioherms (3-5 m thick, 4 m wide) of hermatypic corals and algae. Maximum 6 m thick.

•Intermound areas filled with bioclastic grainstones and packstones with fragments of corals and others.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section

Primary reference: V. V. Arkadiev and I.Y.u. Bugrova. 1999. Facies of the Cretaceous (Berriasian) deposits from the River Belbek Area (Southwestern Crimea). Facies 40:71-80 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22962: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Cidaris" maresi pencil urchin
Crinoidea
 Comatulida - Thiolliericrinidae
Heberticrinus heberti de Loriol 1868 Feather star
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeillerina baksanensis Smirnova 1972
 Terebratulida - Laqueidae
 Terebratulida - Weberithyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Septaliphoria cf. guerassimovi" = Lamellaerhynchia guerassimovi
"Septaliphoria cf. guerassimovi" = Lamellaerhynchia guerassimovi Moisseev 1949
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Rastellum sp. Faujas-St.-Fond 1799 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia grata Bugrova 1997 stony coral
Phaceloid
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Dimorphocoenia alpina, "Thecosmilia tobleri" = Thecosmilia densa
"Thecosmilia tobleri" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia cretacica Turnsek 1974 stony coral
Phaceloid
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latomeandridae indet. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Massive
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolenidae indet. Koby 1890 stony coral
Massive
Dimorpharaea burulchiensis Kusmicheva 1972 stony coral
"Thamnarea mammelonata" = Dendraraea mammelonata Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981 stony coral
Ramose
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora almae stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia alpina Koby 1895 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
 Involutinina - Trocholinidae
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Lithocodium
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Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956