Sarikiz section, Hekimhan-Malatya Area, Zorbehan Fm, sam. 12a: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Turkey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Gorjacorsia sp.
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
? Branislavia sp.
synonym of Colveraia
Miseia bilacunosa
synonym of Joufia
Miseia hekimhanensis
synonym of Joufia
Miseia sp.
synonym of Joufia
? Biradiolites sp. d'Orbigny 1850
see common names

Geography
Country:Turkey
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 37.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.5° North, 33.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zorbehan
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic "limestone"
Secondary lithology: calcareous mudstone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: dolomitic limestones, limestones and calcareous mudstones.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:161301
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-09-04 03:09:02 Last modified:2014-09-04 03:09:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-12-04 03:09:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
52549. M. Caglar and M. Onal. 2009. Systematic Paleontology, Biostratigraphy, Paleobiogeography of Loftusia (Foraminifera) and Rudist Assemblages in a Regressive Sequence in the Hekimhan-Malatya Area (Eastern Anatolia) Turkey. Geological Society of India 74:329-342 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]