Araç-Daday, Kastamonu (Jurassic to of Turkey)

Also known as Reef 3799

Where: Turkey (38.8° N, 39.9° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 36.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yukariköy Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

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

• reefal limestone stated in text, no further information about size, etc.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Tuzcu and S. Babayigit. 1998. The occurrence of Donacosmilia corallina de Fromentel (Upper Jurassic) from the Kastamonu region in Turkey. Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni (Geological Bulletin of Turkey) 41(1):99-107 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80164: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 07.04.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Donacosmilia corallina
Donacosmilia corallina Fromentel 1861 stony coral