Late Devonian (Famennian) Conodonts from Denizliköyü, Gebze, Kocaeli, Northwestern Turkey

Authors : Şenol ÇAPKINOĞLU

Pages : 91-112

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Late Devonian insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Famennian); conodont faunas have been described from two incomplete stratigraphic sections insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GD and GB); of the Ayineburnu member of the Tuzla formation, Denizliköyü, Gebze, Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey. The section GD comprises the Lower and Middle expansa Zones, and the section GB contains the Middle and Upper expansa Zones. Zonal indices for the Middle expansa Zone are identified in the section GB, whereas this zone is recognized on the basis of other key taxa in the section GD. Also, a new species of the Genus Branmehla, Branmehla gediki n.sp. is described from the section GD.
Keywords : Late Devonian Famennian, conodont, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey