Where: Denizli, Turkey (37.9° N, 29.3° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 29.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sagdere Formation, Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• Late Rupelian-Early Chattian, SB 22 benthic foraminifer zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Y. Islamoglu. 2008. Molluscan biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Oligocene deposits in the Denizli and Kale-Tavas subbasins (SW Turkey). Geodiversitas 30(2):261-285 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85566: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Mycetophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral | |
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
"Glyphastraea laxelamellata" = Septastrea, "Glyphastraea sp." = Septastrea
"Glyphastraea laxelamellata" = Septastrea stony coral
"Glyphastraea sp." = Septastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea alveolaris, "Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia
Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856 stony coral
"Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Agathiphyllia sp. Reuss 1864 stony coral | |
"Siderastrea (Siderofungia) morloti" = Siderofungia morloti
"Siderastrea (Siderofungia) morloti" = Siderofungia morloti Reuss 1864 stony coral | |
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pycnodonte gigantica" = Gigantostrea gigantica, Hyotissa hyotis
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Spondylus bifrons Goldfuss 1835 scallop | |
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi Deshayes 1829 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Haustator conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata
"Haustator conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata Sacco 1895 turret shell |