Also known as Yalova
Where: Yalova, Turkey (40.6° N, 29.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 28.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Yalakdere Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Neogene and younger sedimentary rocks, which contain the Safran coal section, rest unconformably on pre- Neogene basement around Yalova city. These sedimentary rocks can be divided into two parts: the Kilic and Yalakdere formations. Upper Pleistocene marine terrace deposits crop out between Yalova and Karamürsel. Along its stratigraphic contact with the K›l›ç Formation, the Yalakdere Formation begins with reddish mudstone or sandy limestone-marl succession on the yellowish conglomerate-sandstone of the K›l›ç Formation. The mudstone is about 10 m thick and shows gradual transition into a white coloured marl and clayey limestone. South of Safran village, the formation is represented mainly by white, thin- to medium-bedded algal limestone (lacustrine?), and also thin-bedded limestone-marl alternation with graded-, and thick- bedded sandstone intercalations. The Yalakdere Formation may be interpreted as deposited within a low energy lacustrine-swamp environment (Emre et al. 1998).
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; white claystone and sandy claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: sieve,
• Bavarian State Collection, BSP 1980 X and Zoological State Collection ZSM 3105, Münich.
Primary reference: N. Ruckert-Ulkumen and E. Yigitbas. 2007. Pharyngeal Teeth, Lateral Ethmoids, and Jaw Teeth of Fishes and Additional Fossils From the Late Miocene (Late Khersonian / Early Maeotian) of Eastern Paratethys (Yalova, Near Istanbul, Turkey). Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 16:211-224 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184470: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Polypodiopsida | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
Angiospermae | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
Cladium oligorasculare sedge
Cladiocarya sp. Reid and Chandler 1926 sedge | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Polygonum persicaraia knotweed | |
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum | |
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
Fagus sp. Linnaeus 1753 beech
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut | |
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch | |
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather | |
Angiospermae | |
Potamogeton sp. Linnaeus 1753 pondweed | |
Pinopsida | |
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Chara aspera stonewort
Chara globularis stonewort | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Pediastrum sp. Meyen 1829 | |
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"Valvata simplex" = Hauffenia simplex2
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