Sharukkar, Lesser Caucasus (Jurassic of Azerbaijan)

Also known as Reef 3675

Where: Azerbaijan (40.6° N, 46.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.7° N, 51.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral-chaetetid biostrome

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. G. Babayev. 1970. Biostratigrafiya verkhneyurskikh otlozheniy Malogo Kavkaza (Azerbaydzhana) po skleraktiniyam [Upper Jurassic biostratigraphy of the Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaidzhan) based on scleractinians]. in Mezozoyskiye korally SSSR [Mesozoic corals of the USSR], Papers of II Allunion Symposium on fossil corals of the USSR (4)81-92 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78421: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Cryptocoenia sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Cryptocoenia sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae
"Thamnasteria lomontiana" = Kobyastraea lomontiana
"Thamnasteria lomontiana" = Kobyastraea lomontiana Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral
Brevimaeandra alizadei Babaev 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Isastrea cf. thurmanni" = Microphyllia thurmanni
"Isastrea cf. thurmanni" = Microphyllia thurmanni Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Cladophyllia ramea Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora parva Babaev 1964 stony coral
Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
Cryptocoenia octosepta Etallon 1864 stony coral
Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Heliocoenia abichi" = Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856 stony coral
"Cryptocoenia thiessingi" = Stylina thiessingi Koby 1881 stony coral
Heliocoenia etalloni Koby 1881 stony coral
Heliocoenia bendukidzeae Babayev 1973 stony coral