BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)

The Bithynian substage of the Anisian stage (Middle Triassic) was established by Assereto in the Gebze area (Kocaeli peninsula, northwestern Turkey), within the middle member of Nodular Limestone formation, now included in the Tepeköy Formation. The rich fauna, represented by conodonts, foraminifera...

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Main Author: MAURIZIO GAETANI
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Published: Milano University Press 2016-05-01
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7246
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description The Bithynian substage of the Anisian stage (Middle Triassic) was established by Assereto in the Gebze area (Kocaeli peninsula, northwestern Turkey), within the middle member of Nodular Limestone formation, now included in the Tepeköy Formation. The rich fauna, represented by conodonts, foraminifera and ammonoids, was described since a long time. The brachiopod fauna occurring in the Bithynian type-section is here revised. It consists of four species: Austriellula kavakensis (Arthaber, 1914), Holchorhynchella edhemi (Toula, 1896), Ptychomentzelia propontica (Toula, 1896), and Angustothyris angustaeformis (Böckh, 1872). The fauna is mostly endemic, with high number of specimens for the first three quoted species. Rare specimens of P. propontica occur also in the lower member of the Nodular Limestone, who delivered the conodont Neogondolella regalis, suggesting an Aegean age. The brachiopod fauna of the Bithynian substage continues upward with rare specimens in the lowermost part of the overlying Pelsonian succession. In the Illyrian, very rare “Rhynchonella” tscharkensis Arthaber, 1914, and Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (Stur, 1865) were found. The Bithynian brachiopod fauna from Gebze has no counterpart in the Europe and in the surrounding regions, like Northern Caucasus and Aghdarband in Iran, even if some of the ammonoids found in Gebze are also present in the these areas.
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spelling doaj.art-a50684fe2c2c47bb8cdc095cb52e82982023-08-02T00:52:33ZengMilano University PressRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia0035-68832039-49422016-05-01122210.13130/2039-4942/72466373BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)MAURIZIO GAETANIThe Bithynian substage of the Anisian stage (Middle Triassic) was established by Assereto in the Gebze area (Kocaeli peninsula, northwestern Turkey), within the middle member of Nodular Limestone formation, now included in the Tepeköy Formation. The rich fauna, represented by conodonts, foraminifera and ammonoids, was described since a long time. The brachiopod fauna occurring in the Bithynian type-section is here revised. It consists of four species: Austriellula kavakensis (Arthaber, 1914), Holchorhynchella edhemi (Toula, 1896), Ptychomentzelia propontica (Toula, 1896), and Angustothyris angustaeformis (Böckh, 1872). The fauna is mostly endemic, with high number of specimens for the first three quoted species. Rare specimens of P. propontica occur also in the lower member of the Nodular Limestone, who delivered the conodont Neogondolella regalis, suggesting an Aegean age. The brachiopod fauna of the Bithynian substage continues upward with rare specimens in the lowermost part of the overlying Pelsonian succession. In the Illyrian, very rare “Rhynchonella” tscharkensis Arthaber, 1914, and Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (Stur, 1865) were found. The Bithynian brachiopod fauna from Gebze has no counterpart in the Europe and in the surrounding regions, like Northern Caucasus and Aghdarband in Iran, even if some of the ammonoids found in Gebze are also present in the these areas.https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7246BrachiopodaNodular Limestonebiostratigraphychronostratigraphypaleobiogeography.
spellingShingle MAURIZIO GAETANI
BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Brachiopoda
Nodular Limestone
biostratigraphy
chronostratigraphy
paleobiogeography.
title BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)
title_full BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)
title_fullStr BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)
title_full_unstemmed BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)
title_short BRACHIOPODS FROM THE TYPE-SECTION OF THE BITHYNIAN SUBSTAGE (ANISIAN, MIDDLE TRIASSIC, NORTHWESTERN TURKEY)
title_sort brachiopods from the type section of the bithynian substage anisian middle triassic northwestern turkey
topic Brachiopoda
Nodular Limestone
biostratigraphy
chronostratigraphy
paleobiogeography.
url https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/7246
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