Yayla Tepe, Z.71B (Cambrian to of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (37.4° N, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 43.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Koruk Formation, Taijangian to Taijangian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)

• sample Z.71B, unit E of the limestone member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified shale

• grey and pink limestone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: W. T. Dean. 2006. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites of the Samur Dag area, south of Hakkari, southeastern Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 15:225-257 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133715: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Peronopsis sp.
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Corynexochidae
Corynexochus sp.
Corynexochus sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite