Asagidagdere (Paleocene to of Turkey)

Where: Denizli, Turkey (37.8° N, 29.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 26.7° N, 32.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kelkaya Formation, Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Sozbilir. 2002. Revised stratigraphy and facies analysis of Paleocene-Eocene supra-allochthonous sediments (Denizli, SW Turkey) and their tectonic significance . Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 11:87-112 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215035: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 28.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Ranikothalia sp. Caudri 1944
Florideophyceae
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
  - Corallinophycidae