Also known as Reef 1893
Where: Istanbul, Turkey (40.9° N, 29.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 29.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dolayoba Limestone Formation (Pelitli Group), Gorstian (427.4 - 425.6 Ma)
• PJW: Originally give as Dolayba Limestone. Sometimes considered a member of the Pelitli formation, but that also is considered to be a group. = Halysites Limestone of Paeckelmann (1938). Was Wenlock, but now considered early Ludlow
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: B. Hubmann. 1992. Silurische Halysitidae (Coelenterata, Tabulata) von Bithynien (Nordwest-Türkei) und biofazielle Beziehungen der Gondwanischen Halysitinae und Cateniporinae [Silurian Halysitidae (Coelenterata, Tabulata) of Bithynia, northwestern Turkey, and biofacies relationships of Gondwanan Halysitinae and Cateniporinae]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 66:213-229 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79354: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Catenipora minuta, Catenipora crassaeformis n. sp., Halysites longicatenus, ? Halysites aff. catenularius
Catenipora minuta tabulate coral
Catenipora crassaeformis n. sp. Hubmann 1992 tabulate coral
Halysites longicatenus tabulate coral
? Halysites aff. catenularius Linnaeus 1767 tabulate coral |