A.2. 1 kilometer west of Sosink (Ordovician of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (35.9° N, 40.7° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° S, 120.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lagenochitina dalbyensis other zone, Bedinan Formation, Caradoc (460.9 - 449.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous mudstone

• The succession there is almost totally argillaceous, broken only by occasional, sometimes concretionary, bands of siltstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. T. Dean. 1967. The correlation and trilobite fauna of the Bedinan Formation (Ordovician) in southeastern Turkey. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series 15:81-123 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192900: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae
Sinuites sp. Koken 1896 snail
Rostroconchia
 Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Ribeiria sp. Sharpe 1853
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Redonia sp. Rouault 1851 clam
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
Aegiromena sp. HavlĂ­cek 1961
Polychaeta
  -
Plumulites sp. Barrande 1872 scale worm
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Dionididae
"Dionide anatolica" = Dionide formosa anatolica
"Dionide anatolica" = Dionide formosa anatolica Dean 1967 trilobite
Dionide formosa anatolica
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
"Selenopeltis angusticeps" = Selenopeltis inermis angusticeps
"Selenopeltis angusticeps" = Selenopeltis inermis angusticeps Dean 1967 trilobite
Selenopeltis inermis angusticeps
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Colpocoryphe sp. Novak and Perner 1918 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Neseuretus (Neseuretinus) ? turcicus" = Neseuretinus birmanicus
"Neseuretus (Neseuretinus) ? turcicus" = Neseuretinus birmanicus Reed 1906 trilobite
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid