Alakir Cay Valley (Triassic of Turkey)

Also known as Reef 92

Where: Antalya, Turkey (36.6° N, 30.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 25.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Stikinoceras kerri ammonoid zone, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• "Cipit Limestone"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• reefal boulders embedded in marly and silty deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. P. Cuif. 1975. Caracteres morphologiques, microstructuraux et systematiques des Pachythecalidae, nouvelle famille de madrepraires triasiques [Morphology, microstructure and systematics of Pachythecalidae, a new family of Triassic Scleractinia]. 8(3):157-180 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85504: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae
Noriphyllia anatoliensis n. gen. n. sp.
Noriphyllia anatoliensis n. gen. n. sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 2009 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Pachydendron microthallos n. gen. n. sp., Pachythecalis major n. gen. n. sp., Pachysolenia cylindrica n. gen. n. sp.
Pachydendron microthallos n. gen. n. sp. Cuif 1975 stony coral
Pachythecalis major n. gen. n. sp. Cuif 1975 stony coral
Pachysolenia cylindrica n. gen. n. sp. Cuif 1975 stony coral