Megalodontidae du Trias supérieurdans la chaine Taurique (Turquie méridionale)

Abstract:

Recent discoveries of Triassic formations in thewestern Taurides have disclosed extensive carbonates of Upper Triassic age containing abundant Megalodonts. Four outcrops have provided for the first time in Turkey, the genera Dicerocardium, Physocardia, Cornucardia, Neomegalodon, Triadomegalodon, Rhaetomegalodon and several species are described, among which C. turcencis n. sp. and R. incisus gutnici n. ssp. These fauna typically belong to the assemblages found in the Hauptdolomit and Dachsteinkalk of central and southern Europe. © 1976.

Año de publicación:

1976

Keywords:

• Upper Triassic
• Pelecypoda (Hippuritida, Megalodontidae)
• Venerida (Dicerocardiidae)
• Turquie
• New Description

Fuente:

scopus