Üçtepeler 13 [Üçtepeler Mbr, Tokça Fm] (Oligocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (29.6° N, 37.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 33.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Üçtepeler Member (Tokça Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Üçtepeler Mbr of the Tokça Fm, which overlies the Hayrettin Fm (Rupelian). AGE: Early Chattian, on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near top of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Not stated in text, but presumably the authors. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: Y. Islamoglus and A. Hakyemez. 2010. Oligocene History of the Çardak-Dazkırı Sub-basin (Denizli, SW Turkey): Integrated Molluscan and Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 19:473-496 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 111674: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.06.2011, edited by Katherine Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for meagre molluscan and coral groups. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with relatively modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae