Köseyahya (Triassic of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (38.2° N, 37.4° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° S, 31.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• 5 samples (04-ELB-1 - 04-ELB-5) from units 2 and 3, Middle Carnian Tetraporobrachia haeckeli zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified mudstone

• unit 2: clayey limestone-marl-mudstone alternation, 7 m thick; unit 3: clayey limestone with chert nodules-marl-mudstone alternation, 2.3 m thick

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: U. K. Tekin and Y. Bedi. 2007. Ruesticyrtiidae (Radiolaria) from the middle Carnian (Late Triassic) of Köseyahya Nappe (Elbistan, eastern Turkey). Geologica Carpathica 58(2):153-167 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95666: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
 Nassellaria - Pseudosaturniformidae
Pseudosaturniforma carnica Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
"Annulopoulpus reticulatus" = Poulpus
"Annulopoulpus reticulatus" = Poulpus radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xiphothecaellidae
"Xiphotheca munda n. sp." = Xiphothecaella munda, "Xiphotheca longa" = Xiphothecaella longa, "Xiphotheca karpenissionensis" = Xiphothecaella karpenissionensis
"Xiphotheca munda n. sp." = Xiphothecaella munda Tekin and Bedi 2007 radiolarian
"Xiphotheca longa" = Xiphothecaella longa Kozur and Mock 1981 radiolarian
"Xiphotheca karpenissionensis" = Xiphothecaella karpenissionensis De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
"Picapora robusta" = Hinedorcus robustus
"Picapora robusta" = Hinedorcus robustus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Elbistanium "sp. A" Tekin and Bedi 2007 radiolarian
Elbistanium productum n. sp. Tekin and Bedi 2007 radiolarian
Elbistanium gracilum n. gen. n. sp. Tekin and Bedi 2007 radiolarian
Nevanellus conicus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Pararuesticyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Pararuesticyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Pararuesticyrtium densiporatum Kozur and Mock 1981 radiolarian
Pararuesticyrtium aff. densiporatum Kozur and Mock 1981 radiolarian
Pararuesticyrtium rariporatum Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Ruesticyrtium goczani Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Planispinocyrtiidae
Spinotriassocampe carnica Kozur and Mostler 1994 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bulbocyrtiidae
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Heliosaturnalis magnus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis brevispinosus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis triassicus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis edentatus n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis hugluensis Tekin 1999 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus primitivus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Spongosaturnaloididae
Spongosaturnaloides macilentus n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Spongosaturnaloides multidentatus Kozur and Mostler 1983 radiolarian
Spongosaturnaloides triradiatus n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Ploechingerella "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1983 radiolarian
Ploechingerella torquis n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Ploechingerella subcerniculum n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Ploechingerella undomarginata n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Ploechingerella irregularis n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Ploechingerella elbistanensis n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Hindeosphaeridae
Hindeosphaera bispinosa Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Triassolaguncula tetrapes n. gen. n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Spongostephanidium spongiosum Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Coronatubopyle spelae n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Divatella "sp. 1" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Divatella austriaca Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Veleptingium odoghertyi n. gen. n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Pylostephanidium mimeticum n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium reticulospinosum n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium dextrogyrum n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium nannum n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium rectospina n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Xenorum rotundum Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
Capnuchospyris capnuchosphaeroides n. gen. n. sp. Dumitrica et al. 2010 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Zhamojdasphaera latispinosa Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Dumitricasphaera simplex Tekin 1999 radiolarian
Spongostylus carnicus Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Spongostylus tortilis Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
 Spumellaria - Heliosaturnalidae
Angulocircus laterospinosus Lahm 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Vinassaspongus subsphaericus Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetraporobrachia haeckeli Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Capnuchosphaera triassica De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera deweveri Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Weverella tetrabrachiata Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian