Yayla Tepe, Z.68B (Cambrian to of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (37.4° N, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 43.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Koruk Formation, Taijangian to Taijangian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)

• sample Z.68B, unit B of the limestone member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• grey limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: W. T. Dean. 2006. Cambrian stratigraphy and trilobites of the Samur Dag area, south of Hakkari, southeastern Turkey. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 15:225-257 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133684: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Acrocephalitidae
? Asturiaspis sp.
? Asturiaspis sp. Sdzuy 1968 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Conocoryphidae
Conocoryphe sp.
Conocoryphe sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Paradoxididae
"Eccaparadoxides sp." = Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides)
"Eccaparadoxides sp." = Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides) Snajdr 1957 trilobite