Kusbuymus section (Oligocene to of Turkey)

Where: Denizli, Turkey (37.9° N, 29.3° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 29.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sagdere Formation, Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Late Rupelian-Early Chattian, SB 22 benthic foraminifer zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• dark-grey carbonated sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Islamoglu. 2008. Molluscan biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Oligocene deposits in the Denizli and Kale-Tavas subbasins (SW Turkey). Geodiversitas 30(2):261-285 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85566: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Siderastrea (Siderofungia) morloti" = Siderofungia morloti
"Siderastrea (Siderofungia) morloti" = Siderofungia morloti Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Lithophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
Mycetophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856 stony coral
"Antillia sp." = Trachyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
"Glyphastraea laxelamellata" = Septastrea, "Glyphastraea sp." = Septastrea
"Glyphastraea laxelamellata" = Septastrea stony coral
"Glyphastraea sp." = Septastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia sp. Reuss 1864 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Haustator conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata
"Haustator conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata Sacco 1895 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bifrons Goldfuss 1835 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis, "Pycnodonte gigantica" = Gigantostrea gigantica
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
"Pycnodonte gigantica" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster
subsp. callifera
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi Deshayes 1829 clam