Jablonski & Raup Locality 228 (Cretaceous of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (38.0° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.0° N, 31.3° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: D. Jablonski and D. M. Raup. 1999. Unpublished data on Cretaceous-Paleocene molluscan assemblages. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/A. Hendy]more details

PaleoDB collection 1397: authorized by Dave Jablonski, entered by Dave Jablonski on 06.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

• history: added 2/94, Anatolian Plate
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Sabinia sp. Parona 1908 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Bournonia sp. Fischer 1887 rudist
"Colveraia darendeensis" = Colveraia rudist
"Colveraia sp." = Colveraia Klinghardt 1921 rudist
"Colveraia orientalis" = Colveraia rudist
"Colveraia variabilis" = Colveraia rudist
"Balabania acuticostata" = Colveraia rudist
"Balabania densicostata" = Colveraia rudist
"Balabania elongata" = Colveraia rudist
"Balabania melitenensis" = Colveraia rudist
Radiolites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
Biradiolites sp. d'Orbigny 1850 rudist
Sauvagesia sp. Bayle 1886 rudist
Joufia reticulata Boehm 1897 rudist
Lapeirousia sp. Bayle 1878 rudist
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam