Also known as Reef 2570

Where: Turkey (37.3° N, 30.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 30.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aksucay Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Karabiyikoglu, S. Tuzcu, A. Ciner, M. Deynoux, S. Orcen and A. Hakyemez. 2005. Facies and environmental setting of the Miocene coral reefs in the late-orogenic fill of the Antalya Basin, western Taurides, Turkey: implications for tectonic control and sea-level changes. Sedimentary Geology 173:345-371 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 62466: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.07.2006

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