Bortjepa reef, Tajikistan (Triassic of Tajikistan)

Where: Tajikistan (37.5° N, 74.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 58.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bortjepinskaya Member, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: E. V. Boiko, G. V. Belyaeva, and I. T. Zhuravleva. 1991. Sphinktozoa Phanerozoya Territorii SSSR [Phanerozoic Sphinctozoa of the Territory of the USSR] 1-224 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36696: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 10.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
Diplopora sp. Schafhaeutl 1863
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Griphoporella sp. Pia 1915
[entered as Gryphoporella sp.]
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
 Involutinina - Trocholinidae
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella loerentheyi Vinassa de Regny 1901 demosponge
Amblysiphonella timorica Vinassa de Regny 1915 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae