PBDB Collection

Bortepa River Valley (Triassic of Tajikistan)

Also known as Bortepa River Valley, Tajikistan

Where: Tajikistan (37.5° N, 74.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 60.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bortepa Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. K. Melnikova. 2001. Atlas Triasovykh Bespozvonochnykh Pamira. In A. Yu. Rozanov, A. A. Shevyrev (eds.), Atlas Triasovykh Bespozvonochnykh Pamira [Atlas of Triassic Invertebrates of the Pamir] 30-80 [G. Stanley/G. Stanley]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138588: authorized by George Stanley, entered by Hannah Shepherd on 22.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Palaeostraea iljinae Palaeostraea iljinae Holotype. PIN, no. 4598/55, 3 specimen fragments from this locale
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae	Cuifastraea tenuiseptata, Cuifastraea granulata Cuifastraea tenuiseptata stony coral 5 specimens from this locale Cuifastraea granulata Melnikova 1983 stony coral Holotype PIN, no. 4598/70, 20 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli, Chondrocoenia paradoxa Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral 116 specimens from this locale Chondrocoenia paradoxa Melnikova 1968 stony coral 7 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae	Pamiroseris multiseptata, Pamiroseris rectilamellosa, Pamiroseris meriani Pamiroseris multiseptata stony coral 7 specimens from this locale Pamiroseris rectilamellosa Winckler 1861 stony coral 7 specimens from this locale Pamiroseris meriani Stoppani 1865 stony coral 32 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae	Stylophyllum bortepensis, Stylophyllopsis cognata, Stylophyllopsis rudis, Pamirophyllum pamiricum Stylophyllum bortepensis stony coral Holotype. PIN no. 4598/10, 43 specimens from this locale Stylophyllopsis cognata stony coral Holotype. PIN, no. 4598/6, 13 specimen fragments from this locale Stylophyllopsis rudis Emmrich 1853 stony coral 7 specimens from this locale Pamirophyllum pamiricum Melnikova 1972 stony coral Holotype. PIN, no. 4598/15
Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae	Astraeomorpha crassisepta, Astraeomorpha reimani, Astraeomorpha confusa Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral 89 specimens from this locale Astraeomorpha reimani Melnikova 1967 stony coral 15 specimens from this locale Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral 12 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae	"Paradistichophyllum dichotomum" = Retiophyllia dichotoma, Retiophyllia langobardica, Distichophyllia norica "Paradistichophyllum dichotomum" = Retiophyllia dichotoma Melnikova 1975 stony coral 147 specimens from this locale Retiophyllia langobardica Stoppani 1857 stony coral 52 specimens from this locale Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral 35 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae	Margarosmilia multigranulata Margarosmilia multigranulata stony coral Holotype. PIN, no. 4598/50, 13 specimens fragments from this locale
Scleractinia - Curtoseriidae	"Curtoseries kuschilini" = Curtoseris "Curtoseries kuschilini" = Curtoseris stony coral 3 specimens from this locale