Balia (Halobia beds) (Triassic of Turkey)

Also known as Balia-Maden, Balya

Where: Balıkesir, Turkey (39.7° N, 27.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Bittner. 1891. Triaspetrefakten von Balia in Kleinasien. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen, Geologischen Reichsanstalt 41:97-116 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201908: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Heeria lunzensis
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Gyroporella sp.
Gyroporella sp. Gümbel 1872
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus n. sp.
Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus n. sp. Bittner 1891 scallop
 Ostreida - Pergamidiidae
Pergamidia eumenea n. gen. n. sp.
Pergamidia eumenea n. gen. n. sp. Bittner 1891 oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonomya pergamena n. sp.
Posidonomya pergamena n. sp. Bittner 1891 oyster
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia neumayri n. sp.
Halobia neumayri n. sp. Bittner 1891 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Corbis sp." = Fimbria
"Corbis sp." = Fimbria Mühlfeldt 1811 clam
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
cf. Pleurotomaria sp.
cf. Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail