Title: First Records of Conodonts from "the Permo-Carboniferous of Demirözü" (Bayburt), Eastern Pontides, NE Turkey
Abstract: Permo-Carboniferous sedimentary rocks, which belong to the pre-Jurassic basement of the Eastern Pontides, occur in the Cebre relative autochthon and the Hamurkesen thrust sheet in the Demirozu area, Bayburt, NE Turkey, and consist of the Catalcesme and Hardisi formations, respectively. Some limestone beds of the Catalcesme Formation in the village of Catalcesme produced the first conodont faunas encountered in Palaeozoic sediments of the Eastern Pontides. A rich conodont fauna with abundant Neognathodus bassleri (HARRIS & HOLLINGSWORTH), less Idiognathodus sp. and Streptognathodus elegantulus STAUFFER & PLUMMER, and rare Gondolella sp. were obtained from a densely-packed bioclastic packstone bed on the west side of the Deliklitas Hill, about 2 km south of the village of Catalcesme (Demirozu, Bayburt). This fauna indicates a late Middle Pennsylvanian age (Desmoinesian on the North American scale; late Moscovian on the Russian scale). Furthermore, Pa elements of Streptognathodus elongatus GUNNELL, a long-ranging form, were obtained from two samples of the Catalcesme-Cebre road cut section, about 1250 m west of the village of Catalcesme. The conodonts of the Catalcesme Formation are geographically widespread forms, and do not show any provinciality.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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