First Record of Crassostrea cyathula (Lamarck 1806) from 'the Rupelian-Lower Chattian of Saribugday-Kovancilar (NE Palu), Eastern Taurides, E Turkey

Hosgor I., Okan Y.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, vol.18, no.4, pp.615-629, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/yer-0811-7
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.615-629
  • Keywords: Bivalvia, Crassostrea, Rupelian-Lower Chattian, systematics, Elazig, Turkey, SW TURKEY, PALEOGEOGRAPHY, OLIGOCENE, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, EVOLUTION, BIVALVIA, NORTHERN, DENIZLI, REGION, BASIN
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Crassostrea cyathula (Lamarck 1806), a valuable biostratigraphic marker, was found for the first time in eastern Turkey ( Eastern Mediterranean), in the Rupelian-Lower Chattian sedimentary sequences of northeastern Palu, Elazig region, and its palaeoecological characters, palaeobiogeographic and stratigraphic distribution are discussed. These oyster specimens are also the first abundant macrofossils from the Oligocene sediments of the Saribugday-Kovancilar section, which were formerly only recorded by micropalaeontological data.