Also known as Reef 648
Where: Turkey (36.4° N, 29.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 29.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kasaba Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. B. Hayward, A. H. F. Robertson, and T. C. Scoffin. 1996. Miocene patch reefs from a mediterranean marginal terrigenous setting in southwest Turkey. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:317-332 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 69903: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837 | |
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion, Mesophyllum sp.
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930 | |
Anthozoa | |
Tarbellastraea silciliae stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam |