Üctepeler section (Oligocene of Turkey)

Also known as Reef 2314

Where: Denizli, Turkey (38.1° N, 29.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 30.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Üctepeler Member (Tokca Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• Üctepeler Reef Member in the lower Tokca Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• white reefal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: F. Gedik. 2008. Foraminiferal description and biostratigraphy of the Oligocene shallow marine sediments in Denizli region, SW Turkey. Revue de Paleobiologie 27(1):25-41 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88772: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina sp.
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp.
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Mycetophyllia mirabilis, Lithophyllia sp.
Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora conferta
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia septemdigitata, Astrocoenia sp.
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea, Montastrea inaequalis
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastrea inaequalis von Guembel 1861 stony coral