Where: Turkey (37.4° N, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° S, 131.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kaolishania trilobite zone, Seydisehir Formation, Taoyuanian (498.5 - 485.4 Ma)
• sample Yo.157, unit e of the formation, Changshanian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified sandstone
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 133720: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.09.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Taishania bassifrons n. sp.
Taishania bassifrons n. sp. Dean 2006 trilobite | |
Prochuangia turcica Dean 2006 trilobite |