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Sosink, Turkey

Formation	Sosink
Age:	501 - 497 Ma Cambrian
Interval	Middle Cambrian
Lithology	shale/sandstone, siltstone, "shale"/siltstone, "limestone"/mudstone
Number of Collections	21
Number of Occurrences	55

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Locality S.4	South-Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Sosink
Locality S.10	South-Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey	Sosink
Kalemtas	Adıyaman Province, Turkey	Sosink

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Trilobita class	3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Peronopsis fallax species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Peronopsidae : Peronopsis : *Peronopsis fallax*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Solenopleuropsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : *Solenopleuropsis*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Dorypyge sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : *Dorypyge*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Conocoryphe sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Conocoryphidae : *Conocoryphe*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Chelidonocephalus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Alokistocaridae : *Chelidonocephalus*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Derikaspis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Ordosiidae : *Derikaspis*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Paradoxides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Paradoxididae : *Paradoxides*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Paradoxididae : Paradoxides : *Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides)*	504 - 501 Ma Cambrian
Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Paradoxididae : Paradoxides : *Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides)*	513 - 501 Ma Cambrian

References

Dean W. T. (1982) Middle Cambrian trilobites from the Sosnik Formation, Derik-Mardin district, south-eastern Turkey, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series 36 1, 1-41

Dean W. T., Martin F., et al (1997) Precambrian? and Cambrian stratigraphy of the Penbegli-Tut inlier, southeastern Turkey, Geological Magazine 134 1, 37-53

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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