Gulf of Ismid, Turkey (Paleocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (40.8° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: R. B. Stokes. 1986. The echinoid Isaster from the Danian of Turkey. Neues Jahrbuch Fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie 3:171-173 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48062: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 11.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Isaster toulai heart urchin