Aghin (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (36.6° N, 32.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 33.0° 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, sandy marl

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 124508: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
"Orbicella microcalyx" = Plesiastrea microcalyx
"Orbicella microcalyx" = Plesiastrea microcalyx Felix 1884 stony coral