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

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Turritella hybrida" = Zygopleura hybrida
"Turritella hybrida" = Zygopleura hybrida Münster 1841 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Campanile) sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
"Pyrazus pyramidatus" = Jponsia geslini
"Pyrazus pyramidatus" = Jponsia geslini Deshayes 1833 snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
"Batillaria subacuta" = Vicinocerithium subacutum d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae