Mayak, Kerch Peninsula (Miocene of Ukraine)

Also known as Reef 4203

Where: Crimea, Ukraine (45.2° N, 36.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.7° N, 36.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Sarmatian

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

• Bryalgal bioherms

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: I. A. Goncharova and Y. V. Rostovtseva. 2009. Evolution of Organogenic Carbonate Buildups in the Middle through Late Miocene of the Euxine–Caspian Basin (Eastern Paratethys). Paleontological Journal 43(8):866-876 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194982: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella sp. Hincks 1877
Stenolaemata
 Tubuliporata - Diastoporidae
Diastopora sp. Lamouroux 1821
 Tubuliporata - Tubuliporidae
Tubulipora sp. Lamarck 1816
 Tubuliporata - Entalophoridae
"Pustulipora sp." = Pustulopora
"Pustulipora sp." = Pustulopora de Blainville 1834