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

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolitidae indet. Gray 1848 rudist
Sauvagesia cf. tenuicostata Polsak 1967 rudist
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855 rudist
Vaccinites cf. sulcatus Defrance 1821 rudist