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
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Anthozoa | |
"Cyphastrea schafferi" = Solenastrea schafferi
"Cyphastrea schafferi" = Solenastrea schafferi Kühn 1926 stony coral | |
"Solenastrea ellisiana" = Tarbellastraea ellisiana, "Orbicella conoidea" = Tarbellastraea conoidea
"Solenastrea ellisiana" = Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Orbicella conoidea" = Tarbellastraea conoidea Reuss 1871 stony coral | |
Siderastrea italica Defrance 1826 stony coral |