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Chaaldzhin, Turkmenistan

FormationChaaldzhin
Age:66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
IntervalDanian
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences9

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Kyurendag MountainsBalkan Province, TurkmenistanChaaldzhin
Western Kopetdag MountainsAhal Province, TurkmenistanChaaldzhin

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Sumbar66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Moltkia minuta
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alcyonacea : Isididae : Moltkia : Moltkia minuta66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Parisis melitensis
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Gorgonacea : Parisis : Parisis melitensis66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Parisis steenstrupi
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Gorgonacea : Parisis : Parisis steenstrupi66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Kaluginella turkmenensis
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Helioporacea : Kaluginella : Kaluginella turkmenensis66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Caryophyllia konincki
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Caryophyllia : Caryophyllia konincki66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Ceratotrochus supracretacea
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Ceratotrochus : Ceratotrochus supracretacea66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Trochocyathus speciosus
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Trochocyathus : Trochocyathus speciosus66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Palaeopsammia zitteli
species
7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Guyniidae : Palaeopsammia : Palaeopsammia zitteli66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

References

Kuzmicheva E. I. (1987) , Verkhnemelovyye i paleogenovyye korally SSSR [Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene corals from the USSR], 1-187
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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