Kuscu (Paleocene to of Turkey)
Where: Turkey (39.6° N, 32.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 30.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy marl
• flysch
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: L. Erünal. 1942. Faune Paleocene de la region de Sivrihisar-Polatli. Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitüsü mecmuasi 2(27):126-132 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99608: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Turritella hybrida" = Zygopleura hybrida
"Turritella hybrida" = Zygopleura hybrida Münster 1841 snail | |
Cerithium (Campanile) sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
"Pyrazus pyramidatus" = Jponsia geslini
"Pyrazus pyramidatus" = Jponsia geslini Deshayes 1833 snail | |
"Batillaria subacuta" = Vicinocerithium subacutum, Batillaria fischeri
"Batillaria subacuta" = Vicinocerithium subacutum d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Batillaria fischeri snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea cf. sakaryensis oyster |