Where: Turkey (40.3° N, 29.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 36.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Dienerian to Dienerian (250.5 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original silica
Primary reference: H. W. Kozur, O. Kaya, and H. Mostler. 1996. First evidence of lower to middle Scythian (Dienerian - lower Olenekian) radiolarians from the Karakaya Zone of northwestern Turkey. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck S4:271-285 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95174: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.04.2010
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Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
Stigmosphaerostylus turkensis n. sp. radiolarian | |
Spumellaria indet. radiolarian | |
Hexactinellida | |
Lyssakida indet. Zittel 1877 glass sponge |