Kara-Isseli, Mersin (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (36.8° N, 34.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 34.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandy marl and limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1926. Korallen des Miozäns von Cilicien [Miocene corals from Cilicia]. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 76:65-80 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124456: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Cyphastrea schafferi" = Solenastrea schafferi
"Cyphastrea schafferi" = Solenastrea schafferi Kühn 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Solenastrea ellisiana" = Tarbellastraea ellisiana, "Orbicella conoidea" = Tarbellastraea conoidea
"Solenastrea ellisiana" = Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Orbicella conoidea" = Tarbellastraea conoidea Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea italica Defrance 1826 stony coral