CE-13, Eskibey section (Carboniferous of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (36.2° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 33.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gavuralani Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)

• ?Gzhelian-Upper Kasimovian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, oncoidal limestone

• Girvanella limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Repository: Natural History Museum of MTA (General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration of Turkey) and Okuyucu Collection

Primary reference: C. Okuyucu. 2009. Systematics and biostratigraphic notes of the upper Moscovian-upper Gzhelian fusulinid foraminifers from the Anatolian Platform in the Southern Turkey. Geologica Balcanica 38:35-51 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129382: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Quasifusulina longissima von Möller 1878
Quasifusulina eleganta Shlykova 1948