Where: Turkey (40.8° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 36.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cerkesli Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified floatstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: O. Kaya, J. Wiedmann, and H. Kozur, S., and L. Beauvais. 1986. A New Discovery of the Lower Cretaceous in Istanbul, Turkey. BULLETIN OF THE MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY 107:106-111 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71667: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.05.2007

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