Ulukışla Basin, Ulukışla Fm, Northern Margin: Imrahor Log (Paleocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (37.6° N, 35.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 31.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ulukışla Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; sandstone and mudstone

• Five meters thick debris including sandstone, mudstones and limestone fragments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: K. Zorlu, S. Inan, and M. Gül, N., M. A. Kurt and M. Alpaslan. 2011. Geological Evolution of the Ulukışla Basin (Late Cretaceous - Eocene) Central Anatolia, Turkey. Yerbilimleri 32(2):151-170 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155340: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Truncorotaloididae
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 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Catapsydrax sp. Bolli et al. 1957
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinatheka sp. Bermúdez 1949
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