Gavuructugu, sample G11 (Triassic of Turkey)

Where: Mersin, Turkey (36.9° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 34.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Killik Formation, Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• Huglu Unit of the Mersin Ophiolitic Melange, Spongotortilispinus moixi radiolarian zone, Lower Tuvalian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• detritic limestone within a thick green tuff interval

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: W. Kozur, P. Moix, and P. Ozsvart. 2007. Characteristic Nassellaria of the lower Tuvalian (Upper Triassic) Spongotortilispinus moixi Zone of the Huglu Unit in the Mersin Mélange, southeastern Turkey. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles / SVSN 90(3):151-173 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80845: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 15.05.2008, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Triarcopoulpus norica n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
"Alatipicapora latoalata n. sp." = Hinedorcus latoalatus2, "Alatipicapora tetrapedis n. sp." = Hinedorcus tetrapedis2, "Alatipicapora spinosa n. sp." = Hinedorcus spinosus2
"Alatipicapora latoalata n. sp." = Hinedorcus latoalatus2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
"Alatipicapora tetrapedis n. sp." = Hinedorcus tetrapedis2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
"Alatipicapora spinosa n. sp." = Hinedorcus spinosus2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podobursa sceptrumides n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Podobursa mersinensis n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
> 50 specimens
Podobursa longiceras n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
> 50 specimens
Podobursa longiceras2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
n. subsp. longiceras longiceras, more than 50 specimens & n. subsp. longiceras tetraspinosa with 8 specimens
Podobursa tuvalica n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Podobursa claviformis n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Podobursa fusiformis n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Syringocapsa glabra n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Pararuesticyrtium mersinensis n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Pararuesticyrtium longispinosum n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Ruesticyrtium georgi n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Ruesticyrtium georgi Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
n. subsp. georgi 41 specimens & n. subsp. novemdentatum 18 specimens
Ruesticyrtium latidentatum n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Ruesticyrtium mostleri n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Ruesticyrtium lobatum n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Veloruesticyrtium palfyi n. gen. n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Ruesticyrtium coronatum n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Unumidae
? Spinoprotunuma constricta n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
? Spinoprotunuma furcatostriata n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Spinoprotunuma triassica n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
 Nassellaria - Spinomersinellidae
Spinomersinella goricanae n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Spinomersinella multispinosa n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xiphothecaellidae
Xiphothecaella brevicaudata n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Xiphothecaella strigosa n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Xiphothecaella longicaudata n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Xiphothecaella orchardi n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Xiphothecaella procera n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Xiphothecaella elegans n. sp. Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
"Hypoxiphothecaella foezyi n. sp." = Senelella foezyi, "Hypoxiphothecaella inflata n. sp." = Senelella inflata, "Hypoxiphothecaella mersinensis n. gen. n. sp." = Senelella mersinensis, "Hypoxiphothecaella elongata n. sp." = Senelella elongata, "Hypoxiphothecaella claviformis n. sp." = Senelella claviformis
"Hypoxiphothecaella foezyi n. sp." = Senelella foezyi Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
more than (>) 50 specimens
"Hypoxiphothecaella inflata n. sp." = Senelella inflata Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
"Hypoxiphothecaella mersinensis n. gen. n. sp." = Senelella mersinensis Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
> 50 specimens
"Hypoxiphothecaella elongata n. sp." = Senelella elongata Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
"Hypoxiphothecaella claviformis n. sp." = Senelella claviformis Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
more than (>) 50 specimens
 Nassellaria - Stampfliellidae
Stampfliella tuvalica n. gen. n. sp.2
Stampfliella tuvalica n. gen. n. sp.2 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Entactinaria -
Kahlerosphaera vonneguti n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Kahlerosphaera abnormis n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Kahlerosphaera faludyi n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Kahlerosphaera kerteszi n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Kahlerosphaera karinthyi n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Kahlerosphaera hamvasi n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
> 50 specimens
Kahlerosphaera szerbi n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Kahlerosphaera rejtoei n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Kahlerosphaera koestleri n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Kahlerosphaera pamuki n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Capnuchosphaeridae indet.3 De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Spinocapnuchosphaera hantkeni n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Spinocapnuchosphaera venusta n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Spinocapnuchosphaera tekini n. gen. n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
n. subsp. tekini, hugluensis, marginospinosa
Spinocapnuchosphaera odoghertyi n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Spinocapnuchosphaera szivesae n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Spinocapnuchosphaera tricuspidata n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
> 50 specimens
Spinocapnuchosphaera szentei n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera tortuospinosa n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera bragini n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera crassa3 Yeh 1990 radiolarian
subsp. crassa and yforma (n. subsp.)
Capnuchosphaera cylindrica n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
n. subsp. cylindrica and retusaspinosa
Capnuchosphaera tuvalica n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
> 100 specimens
Capnuchosphaera goestlingensis3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera multispinosa n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera ciliciensis n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
> 100 specimens
Capnuchosphaera tumorspinosa n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
> 100 specimens
Capnuchosphaera mostleri n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera borbalae n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
> 50 specimens
Capnuchosphaera ottomanensis n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
n. subsp. ottomanensis and carterae
Capnuchosphaera cf. palawanensis3 Yeh 1990 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera gracilispinosa n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
n. subsp. gracilispinosa and turkensis
Capnuchosphaera mersinensis n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
> 50 specimens
Capnuchosphaera barnabasi n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Capnuchosphaera oesii n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Weverella tetrabrachiata3 Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Weverella gracilispinosa n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Weverella longispinosa n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
n. subsp. longispinosa, curvata, subrectangularis
? Tetracapnuchosphaera voeroesi n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Archaeoacanthocircidae
Archaeoacanthocircus rectangularis n. gen. n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Archaeoacanthocircus angustiannulatus n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Archaeoacanthocircus transitus n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Archaeoacanthocircus ovalis n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Archaeoacanthocircus latiannulatus n. gen. n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Huglusphaera zakharovi n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Huglusphaera yini n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Huglusphaera weemsi n. gen. n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
>100 specimens
Huglusphaera aperta n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
Huglusphaera aspinosa n. sp.1 Kozur et al. 2007 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongopalliidae
Tubospongopallium inaequispinosum n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian
Paraweverella tenuispinosa n. gen. n. sp.3 Kozur et al. 2009 radiolarian