Shaghap reef, sample TS-0-19 (Oligocene of Armenia)

Also known as Reef 4327

Where: Armenia (39.9° N, 44.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 41.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. Sahakyan, T. Grigoryan, A. Ara, E. Zakrevskaya, Z. Stepanyan and A. Hayrapetyan. 2020. Upper Eocene-Lower Oligocene Shaghap reef (Armenia): composition and paleoenvironment. Proceedings NAS RA, Earth Sciences 73 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214582: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae