Ulukışla Basin, Ulukışla Fm, Imrahor Log, Back Reef Facies (Paleocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (37.6° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 31.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulukışla Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; wackestone

• Five meters thick wackestone. Upper part of this level includes basalt pebble.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. Zorlu, S. Inan, and M. Gül, N., M. A. Kurt and M. Alpaslan. 2011. Geological Evolution of the Ulukışla Basin (Late Cretaceous - Eocene) Central Anatolia, Turkey. Yerbilimleri 32(2):151-170 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155376: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.04.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Litharaeopsis subepithecata" = Goniopora websteri, Goniopora cf. elegans
"Litharaeopsis subepithecata" = Goniopora websteri Bowerbank 1840 stony coral
Goniopora cf. elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium cf. johnsoni, Archaeolithothamnium sp., Corallina cf. abundans, Distichoplax biserialis, "Amphiroa cf. propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
"Amphiroa cf. propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria Lemoine 1934
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalina sp.
Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
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Pfendericonus sp.
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina sp.
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
Miscellanea sp.
 Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae
Daviesina sp.
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp.
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Idalina sinjarica