Aptian–Albian shallow-marine carbonate successions of the Geyik Dağı and the Anamas Dağ areas (Central Taurides, Turkey): Benthic foraminiferal assemblages and “Palaeocornuloculina” taurica nov. sp. (Foraminifera)
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Abstract
The Lower Cretaceous carbonate successions of the Tauride Carbonate Platform(s) (TCP) are characterized by mostly restricted inner platform facies. The record of these stages is limited owing to frequent exposure of the platform to subaerial and supratidal settings during the Early Cretaceous. This study focuses on the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) successions outcropping at two localities in the Geyik Dağı and Anamas Dağ areas, Central Taurides. These successions exhibit a peritidal shallowing upward trend evidenced by the dominance of mud-rich microfacies, lamination, fenestrae, oncoids, and changes in fossil content (benthic foraminifera, dasycladalean algae, rudists, etc.). The stratigraphic subdivisions of the studied successions utilize index taxa in the benthic foraminiferal assemblages which are documented and illustrated. Assemblage I (lower Aptian) is mainly characterized by Voloshinoides murgensis and Debarina hahounerensis; Assemblage II (upper Aptian) by Mesorbitolina parva, Carseyella tunesiana and “Arenobulimina” geyikensis; and Assemblage III (Albian) by Mesorbitolina gr. texana, Protochrysalidina elongata and Pseudonummoloculina heimi. Ranges and stratigraphic significance of some species through the Lower Cretaceous are discussed. Due to less favorable environmental conditions, the strata in the Anamas Dağ area have a low-diversity benthic foraminifera fauna and sparse macrofossils. In contrast, the strata in the Geyik Dağı area host rich and diverse larger benthic foraminifera as well as rudist bivalves and gastropods. A new species, “Palaeocornuloculina” taurica belonging to the family Ophthalmidiidae is described from these foraminifera-rich upper Aptian–Albian strata in the Geyik Dağı area.
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