Bozgeiktepe - sandy facies [Uçarsu Formation] (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (40.7° N, 39.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 40.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Uçarsu Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Uçarsu Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Kasaba Fm (Middle Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene (Burdigalian) on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed near base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably, Y. Islamoglu. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but possibly Maden Tetkik ve Arama, Ankara, Turkey.

Primary reference: Y. Islamoglu. 2004. Kasaba Miyosen havzasinin Gastropoda faunasi (Bati Toroslar, GB Türkiye). MTA Dergisi 128:137-170 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78540: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and assignments to species and subgenus resolution.
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Peyrotia) desmarestina, Turritella terebralis
Turritella (Peyrotia) desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell
Turritella terebralis Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Cassidaria tauropomum" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria tauropomum" = Galeodea snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Vexillum (Uromitra) pluricostulata" = Uromitra
"Vexillum (Uromitra) pluricostulata" = Uromitra ribbed mitre