Where: Antalya, Turkey (36.9° N, 30.5° E: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 26.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ballik Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• about 7.65 m above base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: T. S. Yurtsever, U. K. Tekin, and I. H. Demirel. 2003. First evidence of the Cenomanian/Turonian boundary event (CTBE) in the Alakircay Nappe of the Antalya Nappes, southwest Turkey. Cretaceous Research 24:41-53 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95767: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.04.2010

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