Karaburun, Karaburun Peninsula, Izmir (Triassic to of Turkey)

Also known as Reef 81

Where: Turkey (38.6° N, 26.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 25.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Akdag Group, Ladinian to Ladinian (242.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: I. Gusic, H. Wohlfeil, and K. Wohlfeil. 1984. Zur Altersstellung und Fazies des Kalkes von Kalecik (Devon) und der Akdag-Serie (Trias) im nordöstlichen Teil von Karaburun (westliches Izmir, Türkei) [Stratigraphy and facies of the Kalecik Limestone (Devonian) and the Akdag Series (Triassic) in the NE part of the Karaburun Peninsula (W of Izmir, Turkey)]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 167(3):375-404 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73852: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.07.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Barbafera carnica Senowbari-Daryan 1980
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
"Retiophyllia" sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Ceotinellidae
Ceotinella mirunae Pantic 1975 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
"Colospongia andrusovi" = Jablonskyia andrusovi Jablonsky 1975 demosponge
Uvanella irregularis Ott 1967 demosponge
? Uvanella lamellata Senowbari-Daryan 1981 demosponge
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Ladinella porata
  -
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Zonotrichites
  -
Zonotrichites sp. Bornemann 1887
Foraminifera
  -
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
Duostominidae indet. Brotzen 1963