Tepeköy (Triassic to of Turkey)

Also known as Tepeköi, Tepecik

Where: Anatolia, Turkey (40.9° N, 29.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 31.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pelsonian to Pelsonian (247.2 - 221.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Arthaber. 1915. Die Trias von Bithynien (Anatolien). Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 27:85-206 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204518: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 10.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus cf. cancellatus Hauer 1896 nautiloid
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Monophyllites anatolicus Toula 1896 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Megaphyllites jarbas Münster 1841 ceratite
Megaphyllites humilis von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
"Protrachyceras furcatum" = Sirenotrachyceras furcatum, Protrachyceras steinmanni, Protrachyceras archelaus, Asklepioceras squammatum n. sp., "Paratrachyceras regoledanum" = Frankites regoledanus, "Protrachyceras acutocostatum" = Trachyceras acutocostatum, "Asklepioceras helenae" = Muensterites helenae
"Protrachyceras furcatum" = Sirenotrachyceras furcatum Münster 1841 ceratite
Protrachyceras steinmanni von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Protrachyceras archelaus Laube 1869 ceratite
Asklepioceras squammatum n. sp. Arthaber 1915 ceratite
"Paratrachyceras regoledanum" = Frankites regoledanus Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
"Protrachyceras acutocostatum" = Trachyceras acutocostatum Klipstein 1843 ceratite
22 individuals, 39 fragments
"Asklepioceras helenae" = Muensterites helenae Renz 1911 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Lobitidae
Lobites fraasi Arthaber 1915 ceratite
2 individuals, 3 fragments
Lobites philippii von Mojsisovics 1902 ceratite
7 individuals, 2 fragments
 Ceratitida - Sturiidae
"Procladiscites yalakensis n. sp." = Sturia yalakensis
"Procladiscites yalakensis n. sp." = Sturia yalakensis Arthaber 1915 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Ptychites opulentus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
"Ptychites flexuosus" = Flexoptychites flexuosus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pinacoceratidae
? Pinacoceras sp. von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Beyrichites sp., "Beyrichites barbarossae" = Nicomedites barbarossae, "Beyrichites osmani" = Nicomedites osmani, "Ceratites trinodosus" = Paraceratites trinodosus
Beyrichites sp. Waagen 1895 ceratite
"Beyrichites barbarossae" = Nicomedites barbarossae Toula 1896 ceratite
"Beyrichites osmani" = Nicomedites osmani Toula 1896 ceratite
"Ceratites trinodosus" = Paraceratites trinodosus von Mojsisovics 1878 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Noritidae
Norites gondola Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
"Acrochordiceras pustericum" = Acrochordiceras carolinae, "Acrochordiceras halili" = Acrochordiceras carolinae, Acrochordiceras cf. haueri
"Acrochordiceras pustericum" = Acrochordiceras carolinae von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
"Acrochordiceras halili" = Acrochordiceras carolinae von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Acrochordiceras cf. haueri Arthaber 1911 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sageceratidae
Sageceras haidingeri Hauer 1847 ceratite
4 individuals, 3 fragments
 Ceratitida - Joannitidae
Joannites diffissus Hauer 1860 ceratite
Joannites salteri von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Joannites trilabiatus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
var. anatolica
Joannites deranicus Arthaber 1915 ceratite
Romanites simionescui Kittl 1908 ceratite
1 individual, 6 fragments
 Ceratitida - Sphingitidae
Sphingites turcicus n. sp. Arthaber 1915 ceratite
1 individual, 6 fragments
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Proarcestes bramantei Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
8 individuals, 18 fragments
Proarcestes subtridentinus Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Proarcestes escheri Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Proarcestes cf. pannonicus Mojsisovics 1870 ceratite
"Proarcestes cf. gibbus" = Arcestes gibbus Hauer 1887 ceratite
"Proarcestes muensteri" = Arcestes muensteri von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Arcestes cf. richthofeni von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
 Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Atractites mallyi Toula 1896 belemnite
Atractites cf. mallyi Toula 1896 belemnite
Atractites secundus Mojsisovics 1869 belemnite
Atractites bithynicus Arthaber 1915 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
"Megalodon cf. rimosum" = Pachyrisma rimosum
"Megalodon cf. rimosum" = Pachyrisma rimosum Münster 1841 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula strigilata Goldfuss 1837 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Trochus cf. fasciatus" = Leptomaria fasciata
"Trochus cf. fasciatus" = Leptomaria fasciata Sowerby 1818 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella tscharkensis n. sp. Arthaber 1915
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
"Rhynchonella kavakensis" = Austriellula kavakensis, "Rhynchonella cf. griesbachi" = Nudirostralina griesbachi, "Rhynchonella edhemi" = Holcorhynchella edhemi
"Rhynchonella kavakensis" = Austriellula kavakensis Arthaber 1915
"Rhynchonella cf. griesbachi" = Nudirostralina griesbachi Bittner 1899
"Rhynchonella edhemi" = Holcorhynchella edhemi Toula 1896
Crinoidea
  -
Entrochus sp. Hofer 1760 Sea lily