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 (Akcay Group), Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Sagdere section

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, gray limestone

Size class: mesofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110484: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 09.06.2011

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