Sicakbük, Karaburun Peninsula, Izmir (Triassic of Turkey)

Also known as Reef 3549

Where: Turkey (38.4° N, 26.6° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 27.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Koyutepe Member (Gerence Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• samples K1 and KAB

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef boulders

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, M. Link, and I. Isintek. 2006. Calcareous algae from the Triassic (Anisian reef boulders and Norian reef limestones) of Karaburun, western Turkey. Facies 52:129-148 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73846: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.07.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• corals and sponges reported to be present, but not listed
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Tauristorea discursa n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
"Parachaetetes cassianus" = Parachaetetes cassiana Flugel 1961
? Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Solenopora vachardi n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
Solenopora concentrica n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
Solenopora paraconcentrica n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Aternasusaceae
Aternasus irregularus n. gen. n. sp.
Aternasus irregularus n. gen. n. sp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae