Boyacipinan - lower mudstone facies [Kasaba Fm] (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (40.7° N, 39.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 40.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kasaba Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Kasaba Fm, which regionally overlies the Uçarsu Fm (Early Miocene). AGE: Middle Miocene (Langhian) 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: Mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• 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 78548: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and assignments to species and subgenus resolution.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus geometra fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Bolinus) subtorularius Hörnes and Auinger 1885 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Baryspira) glandiformis" = Amalda glandiformis
"Ancilla (Baryspira) glandiformis" = Amalda glandiformis Lamarck 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell
Conus clavatulus cone shell
"Conus antiquus" = Lithoconus antiquus Lamarck 1810 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Galeodes cornutus Agassiz 1843 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Latirus (Dolicholatirus) cf. dispar" = Dolicholatirus
"Latirus (Dolicholatirus) cf. dispar" = Dolicholatirus snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
"Distorsio (Rhysema) tortuosa" = Distorsio
"Distorsio (Rhysema) tortuosa" = Distorsio snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Bernaya) fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina
"Cypraea (Bernaya) fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina Lamarck 1810 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica millepunctata Sacco 1890 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Turritella) turris Basterot 1825 turret shell
Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell
Turritella bicarinata Elchwald 1830 turret shell