Where: Turkey (41.5° N, 31.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 22.8° S, 24.5° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)
• Floral associations suggest that the lower part of the Kilic Member is best assigned to the upper Namurian while the upper part may be early Westphalian A.
Environment/lithology: mudstone and coal
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: The entire formation is a dominantly sandy succession with subordinate shales, pebbly units, and thick coals. Basal part of the formation i s characterized by lacustrine depostis, while the upper parts comprises sequences formed by meandering low sinuosity streams. The coals closely resembles those of the later Westphalian coals of northwestern Europe.
Primary reference: I.E. Kerey, G. Kelling, and R.H. Wagner. 1985. An outline stratigraphy and palaeobotanical records from the middle Carboniferous rocks of northwestern Turkey. Extrait des Annales de la Societe Geologique du Nord 203-216 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/J. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27824: authorized by Robert Gastaldo, entered by Jonathan Allen on 14.01.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida | |
Karinopteris | |
Lepidostrobophyllum sp. Hirmer 1927 | |
Equisetopsida | |
Sphenopteridae | |
Lyginopteris cf. hoeninghausi Potonie 1897 | |
Neuropteridae | |
unclassified | |
"Neuralethopteris schlehanii" = Neuralethopteris schlehani
"Neuralethopteris schlehanii" = Neuralethopteris schlehani Stur 1877 |