Gedeller, TU 1998/1 (Cretaceous of Turkey)

Where: Antalya, Turkey (36.8° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Amphipyndax pseudoconulus other zone, Gedeller Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• sample TU 1998/1, Amphipyndax pseudoconulus radiolarian zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified lime mudstone

• thin-bedded pinkish-yellowish pelagic Scaglia-type micritic limestone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: P. Moix, S. Gorican, and J. Marcoux. 2009. First evidence of Campanian radiolarians in Turkey and implications for the tectonic setting of the Upper Antalya Nappes. Cretaceous Research 30:952-960 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90702: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Foremanina schona
Foremanina schona Empson-Morin 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichomitra grandis
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax pseudoconulus, "Stichomitra stocki" = Amphipyndax stocki
"Stichomitra stocki" = Amphipyndax stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Diacanthocapsa acuminata
Diacanthocapsa acuminata Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae
Siphocampe altamontensis, Dictyoprora salillum
 Nassellaria - Cannobotryidae
Botryometra sp., Botryometra heros, Rhopalosyringium magnificum
Botryometra sp. Petrushevskaya 1975 radiolarian
Botryometra heros radiolarian
Rhopalosyringium magnificum Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Cryptamphorella macropora
Cryptamphorella macropora Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra sp., Dictyomitra koslovae, Dictyomitra formosa
Archaeodictyomitra sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Dictyomitra koslovae Foreman 1975 radiolarian
Dictyomitra formosa Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Alievium gallowayi, Pseudoaulophacus lenticulatus, Pseudoaulophacus pargueraensis, Pseudoaulophacus floresensis
Alievium gallowayi White 1928 radiolarian
Pseudoaulophacus lenticulatus White 1928 radiolarian
Pseudoaulophacus pargueraensis Pessagno 1963 radiolarian
Pseudoaulophacus floresensis Pessagno 1963 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
? Orbiculiforma sp.
? Orbiculiforma sp. Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Protoxiphotractus sp.
Protoxiphotractus sp. Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acaeniotyle starka
Acaeniotyle starka Empson-Morin 1981 radiolarian
unclassified
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? Clathropyrgus titthium