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Keramet, Iznik Lake: Middle Pleistocene, Turkey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Veneroida - Cardiidae
Didacna subpyramidata
Didacna sp. Eichwald 1838
nov. sp.
see common names
Geography
Country:Turkey State/province:Bursa
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 29.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.5° North, 29.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.781 - 0.126 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost Pleistocene terrace, Early Khazarian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coarse detritic beddings and alternating pebblestones, sandstones and sandy and bioclastic limestones with bivalve-bearing coquinas
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: brackish water conditions, bay of the former Marmara Sea
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:92058
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-10-28 06:20:29 Last modified:2009-10-28 08:21:54
Access level:the public Released:2009-10-28 06:20:29
Reference information
Primary reference:
30978 Y. Islamoglu. 2009. Middle Pleistocene bivalves of the Iznik lake basin (Eastern Marmara, NW Turkey) and a new paleobiogeographical approach. International Journal of Earth Sciences 98:1981-1990 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]