Tschikur Keslik (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (36.9° N, 34.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 34.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified 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 124507: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea crenulata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Orbicella reussiana" = Tarbellastraea reussiana
"Orbicella reussiana" = Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral