Where: Turkey (41.2° N, 28.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 24.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; poorly lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments and poorly lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: N. Pinar. 1951. Sur les oursins de l'Eocène moyen de Catalca-Karacaköy (Trakkya, Turquie). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 1(1-3):35-53 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40794: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 01.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica, Pycnodonte brongnarti
"Ostrea gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster
Pycnodonte brongnarti oyster | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinolampas politus sea urchin
Echinolampas baldacci sea urchin | |
Clypeaster profondus sand dollar | |
Echinanthus issyaviensis sea urchin | |
Foraminifera | |
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801 |