First record of Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806 from �the Rupelian-Lower Chattian of Sarıbuğday-Kovancılar� (NE Palu) Eastern Taurids, E Turkey

Authors

İZZET HOŞGÖR
YAVUZ OKAN

DOI

10.3906/yer-0811-7

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, Elazığ 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 Sarıbuğday-Kovancılar section, which were formerly only recorded by micropalaeontological data.

Keywords

Bivalvia, Crassostrea, Rupelian-Lower Chattian, systematics, Elazığ, Turkey

First Page

615

Last Page

629

Recommended Citation

HOŞGÖR, İZZET and OKAN, YAVUZ (2009) "First record of Crassostrea cyathula Lamarck 1806 from �the Rupelian-Lower Chattian of Sarıbuğday-Kovancılar� (NE Palu) Eastern Taurids, E Turkey," Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences: Vol. 18: No. 4, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-0811-7
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/vol18/iss4/6