Where: Turkey (37.0° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 28.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Turgut Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Turgut Fm, which unconformably overlies the Tauride tectonic unit (Mesozoic) and is overlain conformably by the Sekköy Fm (Late Miocene). THICKNESS: From unit 200 m thick. AGE: Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part (Aquitanian) of Turgut Fm.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone and poorly lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly University of Kocaeli or Istanbul Technical University
Primary reference: O. F. Gürer and Y. Yilmaz. 2002. Geology of the Ören and Surrounding Areas, SW Anatolia. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 11:1-13 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74808: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Galeodes lainei camel spider | |
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
"Pirenella plicata" = Granulolabium plicatum
"Pirenella plicata" = Granulolabium plicatum Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
"Rostellaria dentata" = Tibia
"Rostellaria dentata" = Tibia true conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |