T163, Section VI, Gebze area (Triassic of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (40.8° N, 29.5° E: paleocoordinates 17.5° N, 34.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: ismidicus ammonoid zone, Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Base of level 7 of Assereto; Middle Member of Nodular Limestone formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Assereto in 1969, 1971

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Repository: MPUM (Museo di Paleontologia del Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Universtia degli Studi de Milano, Italy)

Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1988. Anisian ammonites from Gebze area (Kokaeli Peninsula, Turkey). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 94:35-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143942: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Hollandites asseretoi n. sp., "Anagymnotoceras ismidicum" = Aghdarbandites ismidicus, "Nicomedites toulai" = Kocaelia toulai
Hollandites asseretoi n. sp. Fantini Sestini 1988 ceratite
"Anagymnotoceras ismidicum" = Aghdarbandites ismidicus Arthaber 1915 ceratite
"Nicomedites toulai" = Kocaelia toulai Arthaber 1915 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
"Acrochordiceras halili" = Acrochordiceras carolinae von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Acrochordiceras haueri Arthaber 1911 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Gymnites toulai Arthaber 1915 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Proarcestes bramantei Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Monophyllites kieperti Toula 1896 ammonite
Monophyllites anatolicus Toula 1896 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae