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Yalaz, Hatay Province, Turkey

FormationYalaz
Age:83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalLate Campanian
Lithologylimestone/conglomerate
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
YayladagiHatay Province, TurkeyYalaz

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Hippurites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : Hippurites83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pironaea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : Pironaea83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hatayia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Hatayia83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paracaprinula syriaca
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Plagioptychidae : Paracaprinula : Paracaprinula syriaca83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lapeirousella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Lapeirousella83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudopolyconites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Pseudopolyconites83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Vautrinia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Radiolitidae : Vautrinia83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dictyoptychus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Trechmannellidae : Dictyoptychus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Steuber T., Ozer S., et al (2009) Description of Paracaprinula syriaca Piveteau (Hippuritoidea, Plagioptychidae) and a revised age of ophiolite obduction on the African-Arabian Plate in southeastern Turkey, Cretaceous Research 30, 41-48
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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