Discovery of a long-term refuge for ostracods (Crustacea) after the end-Permian extinction: a unique Carnian (Late Triassic) fauna from the Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey
2019
The Mersin Melange, located in southern Turkey north-west of the city of Mersin, includes blocks and tectonic slices of different origins. The Kilek section in the Mersin Melange was sampled for a thorough examination of its lithology, biostratigraphy and fossil content. Two samples from the cherty limestone layers within the Huglu Tuffites at the top of the section yielded a rich silicified ostracod fauna of late Early Carnian (based on a two-fold Carnian subdivision) or middle Middle Carnian age (based on a three-fold Carnian subdivision), deposited in an open marine environment, in the outer platform-upper slope zone. We report 121 ostracod species belonging to 53 genera. Two new genera are described: Edithobairdia Forel gen. nov. and Gencella Forel gen. nov., as well as 16 new species: Acanthoscapha mersinella Forel sp. nov., Bairdia hugluensis Forel sp. nov., Acratia kollmanni Forel sp. nov., Citrella? carniana Forel sp. nov., Cytheropteron? schornikovi Forel sp. nov., Eucytherura lacerata Forel sp. ...
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