Gomaniibrik Village, Diyarbakir Province (Permian of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (38.3° N, 40.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 41.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gomaniibrik Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• 2.5 m below top of Gomaniibrik Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Kier. 1965. Evolutionary trends in Paleozoic echinoids. Journal of Paleontology 39(3):436-465 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110408: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
  - Proterocidaridae
Pronechinus anatoliensis n. gen. n. sp.
Pronechinus anatoliensis n. gen. n. sp. Kier 1965 sea urchin