Z56-57, Great Zab Valley (Devonian to of Turkey)

Also known as Great Zap, Hakkari

Where: Hakkâri, Turkey (37.2° N, 43.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 48.2° S, 46.5° E (Wright 2013)

When: Köprülü Formation, Famennian to Famennian (372.2 - 346.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified, black, muddy, cherty/siliceous packstone and lithified, yellow siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P.h. Janvier, F. Lethiers, and O. Monod Balkaş. 1984. Discovery of a vertebrate fauna at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in SE Turkey (Hakkari province). Journal of Petroleum Geology 7(2):147-168 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230518: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 29.06.2023

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii "sp 1" ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii "sp 2" ray-finned fish
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Canobius sp. Traquair 1881
 Palaeonisciformes - Amblypteridae