Maksymivka reef near Ternopil, Medobory (Miocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Reef 1127

Where: Ukraine (49.6° N, 25.9° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 24.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• Badenian age indicated

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Coralgal reefs dominated by red-algal (lithothamnian) colonies interfingering with , and/or encrusted by biolithic mats/crusts of supposedly blue-green algal origin, all of which are associated locally with sparse hematypic corals.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. Radwanski, M. Górka, and A. Wysocka. 2006. Middle Miocene coralgal facies at Maksymivka near Ternopil (Ukraine): a preliminary account. Acta Geologica Polonica 56(1):89-103 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66971: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 31.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites vindobonarum Kuehn 1927 stony coral
ssp. prima
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"? Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"? Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Galathea weinfurteri Bachmayer 1950 decapod
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes magnus Müller 1984 decapod
Petrolisthes cf. haydni Müller 1984 decapod
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Xantho moldavicus Yanakevich 1977 stone crab
Chlorodiella cf. mediterranea Lorenthey 1929 stone crab
ssp. tetenyensis
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Pilumnus mediterraneus Lörenthey 1898 crab
 Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira speciosa Reuss 1871 crab
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Eucidaris zeamays Sismonda 1842 pencil urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissus cf. unicolor Leske 1778 heart urchin