Ardicliburun section (Oligocene of Turkey)

Also known as Reef 2314

Where: Denizli, Turkey (38.1° N, 29.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 30.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Üctepeler Member (Tokca Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• sample Ab-16, upper Üctepeler Reef Member in the lower Tokca Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• grey reefal limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. Gedik. 2008. Foraminiferal description and biostratigraphy of the Oligocene shallow marine sediments in Denizli region, SW Turkey. Revue de Paleobiologie 27(1):25-41 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88771: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Calcarinidae
Neorotalia sp. Bermúdez 1952
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral
Stylophora thirsiformis Michelotti 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mussismilia sp. Ortmann 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
"Antillia carcarensis" = Trachyphyllia stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea inaequalis von Guembel 1861 stony coral