Bolshoy Balkan-1 (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)
Where: Turkmenistan (39.6° N, 54.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 59.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Alikper Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; argillaceous reef rocks
• Facies A is represented by coralgal bindstone and framestone with an argillaceous admixture and large massive loaf-like colonies.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. J. Bugrova. 1990. The facies zonation and scleractinians of the early Hauterivian reef complex of Bolshoy Balkhan. Cretaceous Research 11(3):229-236 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2260: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 29.06.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Montlivaltia orientalis Bugrova 1991 stony coral | |
Microsolena collinaria, "Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
Microsolena collinaria stony coral
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral | |
Thamnoseris sp. Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Echinoidea | |
Hyposalenia stellulata sea urchin | |
Codiopsis lorini sea urchin
Goniopygus peltatus sea urchin | |
Brachiopoda | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra subsinuata" = Aetostreon subsinuatum
"Exogyra subsinuata" = Aetostreon subsinuatum Leymerie 1842 oyster | |
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Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Algae | |