T171, Section VIII, Gebze area: Pelsonian, Turkey
collected by R. Assereto 1969, 1971

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Paraceratites binodosus (Hauer 1850)
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Balatonites aff. ottonis (von Buch 1848)
6 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Proarcestes bramantei (Mojsisovics 1869)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Ptychites cf. opulentus von Mojsisovics 1882
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Turkey
Coordinates: 40.8° North, 29.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.5° North, 34.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Pelsonian Ammonoid zone:  balatonicus
Age range of interval: 244.7 - 243.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Level 8 of Assereto; Upper Member of Nodular Limestone formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:R. Assereto Collection dates:1969, 1971
Collection method comments: Repository: MPUM (Museo di Paleontologia del Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Universtia degli Studi de Milano, Italy)
Metadata
Database number:143974
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-04-28 01:05:49 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-28 01:05:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
46548. N. Fantini Sestini. 1988. Anisian ammonites from Gebze area (Kokaeli Peninsula, Turkey). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 94:35-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]