Where: Turkey (40.2° N, 39.9° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 36.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Çatalçeşme Formation, Kasimovian to Kasimovian (307.0 - 298.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified shale

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Based on eight samples

Primary reference: A. I. Okay, O. Sahintürk, and H. Yakar. 1997. Stratigraphy and tectonics of the Pulur (Bayburt) region in the Eastern Pontides. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 119:1-24 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49513: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 19.04.2005

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