Where: Turkey (37.0° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 28.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turgut Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Turgut Fm, which unconformably overlies the Tauride tectonic unit (Mesozoic) and is overlain conformably by the Sekköy Fm (Late Miocene). THICKNESS: From unit 150-200 m thick. AGE: Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper part (Burdigalian) of Turgut Fm.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possibly University of Kocaeli or Istanbul Technical University

Primary reference: O. F. Gürer and Y. Yilmaz. 2002. Geology of the Ören and Surrounding Areas, SW Anatolia. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 11:1-13 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74807: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.08.2007

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