Meandrostylis tener Beds, near Dalnegorsk (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 3415

Where: Primorye, Russian Federation (44.6° N, 135.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 135.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

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

• coral reef complex

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Punina. 1997. Stratigraphic levels of Triassic limestones of the South Sikhote-Alin (on the basis of coral study). Memoires de Geologie (Lausanne) 30:155-174 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141064: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 20.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Tosapecten tetuckensis
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. tofanae
Pteria cf. tofanae pearl oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Palaeastraea alnigmata, Retiophyllia buonamici, Retiophyllia cyathophylloides
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
"Meandrostylis tener n. sp." = Maeandrostylis
"Meandrostylis tener n. sp." = Maeandrostylis stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral