Aseniyenikoey section, rudist horizon 1 (Cretaceous to of Turkey)
Where: Aydin, Turkey (37.3° N, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 26.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Milas Formation, Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 72.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; metamorphosed limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Oezer. 1998. Rudist bearing upper Cretaceous metamorphic sequences of the Menderes Massif (Western Turkey). Geobios (22)235-249 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162805: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Andreas Lauchstedt on 06.10.2014
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848 rudist
Sauvagesia cf. tenuicostata Polsak 1967 rudist
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist | |
Hippurites nabresinensis rudist
Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855 rudist
Vaccinites taburni rudist
Vaccinites cf. sulcatus Defrance 1821 rudist |