Tepeköy (Triassic to of Turkey)

Also known as Tepeköi, Tepecik

Where: Anatolia, Turkey (40.9° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 31.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pelsonian to Pelsonian (247.2 - 221.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Arthaber. 1915. Die Trias von Bithynien (Anatolien). Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 27:85-206 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204518: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Entrochus sp. Hofer 1760 Sea lily
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Monophyllites anatolicus Toula 1896 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Noritidae
Norites gondola Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Joannitidae
Joannites salteri von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Joannites trilabiatus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
var. anatolica
Joannites deranicus Arthaber 1915 ceratite
Joannites diffissus Hauer 1860 ceratite
Romanites simionescui Kittl 1908 ceratite
1 individual, 6 fragments
 Ceratitida - Sphingitidae
Sphingites turcicus n. sp. Arthaber 1915 ceratite
1 individual, 6 fragments
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
"Proarcestes muensteri" = Arcestes muensteri von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
"Proarcestes cf. gibbus" = Arcestes gibbus Hauer 1887 ceratite
Arcestes cf. richthofeni von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Proarcestes escheri Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Proarcestes subtridentinus Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Proarcestes cf. pannonicus Mojsisovics 1870 ceratite
Proarcestes bramantei Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
8 individuals, 18 fragments
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
"Acrochordiceras halili" = Acrochordiceras carolinae, "Acrochordiceras pustericum" = Acrochordiceras carolinae, Acrochordiceras cf. haueri
"Acrochordiceras halili" = Acrochordiceras carolinae von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
"Acrochordiceras pustericum" = Acrochordiceras carolinae von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Acrochordiceras cf. haueri Arthaber 1911 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Lobitidae
Lobites philippii von Mojsisovics 1902 ceratite
7 individuals, 2 fragments
Lobites fraasi Arthaber 1915 ceratite
2 individuals, 3 fragments
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
"Ceratites trinodosus" = Paraceratites trinodosus, "Beyrichites osmani" = Nicomedites osmani, "Beyrichites barbarossae" = Nicomedites barbarossae, Beyrichites sp.
"Ceratites trinodosus" = Paraceratites trinodosus von Mojsisovics 1878 ceratite
"Beyrichites osmani" = Nicomedites osmani Toula 1896 ceratite
"Beyrichites barbarossae" = Nicomedites barbarossae Toula 1896 ceratite
Beyrichites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sageceratidae
Sageceras haidingeri Hauer 1847 ceratite
4 individuals, 3 fragments
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
"Ptychites flexuosus" = Flexoptychites flexuosus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Ptychites opulentus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sturiidae
"Procladiscites yalakensis n. sp." = Sturia yalakensis
"Procladiscites yalakensis n. sp." = Sturia yalakensis Arthaber 1915 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pinacoceratidae
? Pinacoceras sp. von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Megaphyllites jarbas Münster 1841 ceratite
Megaphyllites humilis von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
"Protrachyceras furcatum" = Sirenotrachyceras furcatum, Asklepioceras squammatum n. sp., "Paratrachyceras regoledanum" = Frankites regoledanus, Protrachyceras archelaus, Protrachyceras steinmanni, "Asklepioceras helenae" = Muensterites helenae, "Protrachyceras acutocostatum" = Trachyceras acutocostatum
"Protrachyceras furcatum" = Sirenotrachyceras furcatum Münster 1841 ceratite
Asklepioceras squammatum n. sp. Arthaber 1915 ceratite
"Paratrachyceras regoledanum" = Frankites regoledanus Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
Protrachyceras archelaus Laube 1869 ceratite
Protrachyceras steinmanni von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
"Asklepioceras helenae" = Muensterites helenae Renz 1911 ceratite
"Protrachyceras acutocostatum" = Trachyceras acutocostatum Klipstein 1843 ceratite
22 individuals, 39 fragments
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus cf. cancellatus Hauer 1896 nautiloid
 Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Atractites mallyi Toula 1896 belemnite
Atractites cf. mallyi Toula 1896 belemnite
Atractites bithynicus Arthaber 1915 belemnite
Atractites secundus Mojsisovics 1869 belemnite
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Trochus cf. fasciatus" = Leptomaria fasciata
"Trochus cf. fasciatus" = Leptomaria fasciata Sowerby 1818 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
"Megalodon cf. rimosum" = Pachyrisma rimosum
"Megalodon cf. rimosum" = Pachyrisma rimosum Münster 1841 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella tscharkensis n. sp. Arthaber 1915
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
"Rhynchonella kavakensis" = Austriellula kavakensis, "Rhynchonella edhemi" = Holcorhynchella edhemi, "Rhynchonella cf. griesbachi" = Nudirostralina griesbachi
"Rhynchonella kavakensis" = Austriellula kavakensis Arthaber 1915
"Rhynchonella edhemi" = Holcorhynchella edhemi Toula 1896
"Rhynchonella cf. griesbachi" = Nudirostralina griesbachi Bittner 1899
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae