Kirsehir J32-b2 quadrangle (Eocene of Turkey)

Where: Yerkoy, Turkey (39.5° N, 34.4° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 32.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yoncali Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• middle-late Cuisian stage

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified sandstone and mudstone

• offshore slope; "cyclic high energy periods of transportation of coarse material from the coastal area."
• The formation consists of mostly sandstones, pelagic mudstones and limestone.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: The material used in this study is housed in the Department of Geological Engineering,Ankara University (AU).

Primary reference: Y. Okan and I. Hosgor. 2009. Early Eocene (middle-late Cuisian) Molluscs Assemblage from the Harpactocarcinid Beds, in the Yoncalı Formation of the Çankırı Basin, Central Anatolia, and Implications for Tethys Paleogeography. Geological Bulletin of Turkey 52(1) [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98010: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 15.09.2010, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Globularia vapincana" = Ampullina vapincana
"Globularia vapincana" = Ampullina vapincana d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina affinis Sowerby 1821 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
"Corbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam
Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817 jewel box
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea gastaldii Michelotti 1861 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita aizyensis" = Venericardia aizyensis
"Cardita aizyensis" = Venericardia aizyensis Deshayes 1860 clam
Cardita (Venericardia) aizyensis
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium montense Briart and Cornet 1889 tusk shell
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae