Late Aptian rudist faunas from the Zonguldak region, western Black Sea, Turkey (taxonomy, biostratigraphy, palaeoenvironment and palaeobiogeography)

Masse J., Fenerci-Masse M., Ozer S.

CRETACEOUS RESEARCH, vol.23, no.4, pp.523-536, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1006/cres.2002.1020
  • Journal Name: CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.523-536
  • Keywords: rudist bivalves, Early Cretaceous, palaeobiogeography, palaeoenvironment, biostratigraphy, Turkey, BIVALVES
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

In the western Black Sea region of Turkey (Zonguldak area), Late Aptian rudist-bearing carbonates (the Cengellidere Formation) yielded the following fauna: Toucasia gr. catinata-lonsdalei, Pseudotoucasia catalaunica, Polyconites verneuili, Horiopleura almerae, Eoradiolites plicatus and Eoradiolites sp. This assemblage dates the Gargasian and has a broad Mediterranean palaeobiogeographical significance. Because typical African elements are lacking, it is ascribed to the European Province, in agreement with palaeotectonic regional reconstructions. The rudist communities thrived on a mixed, carbonate-siliciclastic, coastal ramp facing a basin corresponding to the modern Black Sea. This mode of occurrence contrasts with the classical Urgonian-type flat, platform settings of wide extent. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.