PBDB Collection

Pordzhilga River Valley (Triassic of Tajikistan)

Also known as Pordzhilga River Valley, Tajikistan

Where: Tajikistan (37.3° N, 75.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 60.4° 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 138589: authorized by George Stanley, entered by Hannah Shepherd on 22.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral 67 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae	Astraeomorpha reimani, Astraeomorpha multisepta, Astraeomorpha confusa, Astraeomorpha crassisepta, Astraeomorpha minor Astraeomorpha reimani Melnikova 1967 stony coral 20 specimens from this locale Astraeomorpha multisepta Melnikova 1971 stony coral 3 specimens from this locale Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral 7 specimens from this locale Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral 32 specimens from this locale Astraeomorpha minor Frech 1890 stony coral 20 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Procyclolitidae	Procyclolites zakharovi Procyclolites zakharovi stony coral Holotype. PIN no. 4598/52, 5 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae	Pamiroseris multiseptata, Pamiroseris meriani, Pamiroseris rectilamellosa Pamiroseris multiseptata stony coral 8 specimens from this locale Pamiroseris meriani Stoppani 1865 stony coral 16 specimens from this locale Pamiroseris rectilamellosa Winckler 1861 stony coral 4 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae	Margarosmilia multigranulata, Margarosmilia minima Margarosmilia multigranulata stony coral 8 specimens from this locale Margarosmilia minima stony coral Holotype. PIN no. 4598/47, 29 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae	"Cuifia elliptica" = Coryphyllia elliptica, "Paradistichophyllum dichotomum" = Retiophyllia dichotoma, Retiophyllia langobardica, Paracuifia tortuosa, Cuifia gigantella, Distichophyllia norica "Cuifia elliptica" = Coryphyllia elliptica Melnikova 1975 stony coral Holotype. PIN no. 4598/31, 8 specimens from this locale "Paradistichophyllum dichotomum" = Retiophyllia dichotoma Melnikova 1975 stony coral 95 specimens from this locale Retiophyllia langobardica Stoppani 1857 stony coral 37 specimens from this locale Paracuifia tortuosa Melnikova 2001 stony coral 17 specimens from this locale Cuifia gigantella stony coral Holotype. PIN no. 4598/27, 8 specimens from this locale Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral 27 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae	Stylophyllum cognata, Stylophyllum bortepensis Stylophyllum cognata stony coral 8 specimens from this locale Stylophyllum bortepensis stony coral 27 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae	Cuifastraea tenuiseptata, Cuifastraea granulata Cuifastraea tenuiseptata stony coral 4 specimens from this locale Cuifastraea granulata Melnikova 1983 stony coral 14 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Curtoseriidae	"Curtoseries kuschlini" = Curtoseris "Curtoseries kuschlini" = Curtoseris stony coral 2 specimens from this locale
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Thamnasteria rhaetica Thamnasteria rhaetica Melnikova 1996 stony coral Holotype. PIN no. 4598/130, 28 specimens from this locale