Bolnichnaya Mountain, Dalnegorsk, Middle Norian (Triassic of Russian Federation)

Also known as Reef 104

Where: Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation (44.4° N, 135.4° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 139.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Alaunian (215.6 - 212.0 Ma)

• Gablonzeria kiparisovae beds

•JA: originally entered as Norian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• light-grey massive limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. A. Punina. 1997. Classification and correlation of Triassic limestones in Sikhote-Alin on the basis of corals. in J. M. Dickins, Z. Yang, H. Yin, S. G. Lucas, S. K. Acharyya, eds., Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic Circum-Pacific events and their global correlation. World and Regional Geology 10:186-192 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87232: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Distichomeandra sp. Cuif 1976 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia fenestrata Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae