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Table 1 Alveolinid species and the other benthic genera recorded in the Safranbolu Formation

From: Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the Safranbolu Formation (Cuisian, Eocene), Northwest Anatolia, Turkey

Environment

Sample Number

Fossil Record

Deep (About 80–100 m)

Outer shelf (Lower photic zone)

1

Barren

2

Nummulites partschi

3

Alveolina cf. carantana, A. ruetimeyeri, A. aff. ruetimeyeri

4

Barren

5

Barren

6

Barren

7

Nummulites spp., Assilina spp.

Middle depth (About 40–80 m)

Middle shelf (Upper photic zone)

8

Barren

9

Nummulites spp.

10

Nummulites partschi

11

Alveolina carantana, A. distefanoi, A. histrica, A. polatliensis, A. ruetimeyeri, A. rugosa

12

Nummulites spp., Orbitolites spp., Rotalia spp.

13

Barren

14

Nummulites spp.

Shallow (About 0–40 m)

Inner shelf (Upper photic zone)

15

Alveolina histrica, A. ruetimeyeri, A. sirelii sp. nov., Rotalia spp.

16

Nummulites spp., Orbitolites spp.

17

Gastropoda

18

Alveolina axiampla, A. aff. bronnimanni, A. aff. cremae, A. colatiensis, A. cuspidata, A. histrica, A. lehneri, A. oblonga, A. rugosa, A. safranboluensis sp. nov., A. sirelii sp. nov.

19

A. carantana, A. histrica, A. oblonga, A. ruetimeyeri, A. aff. ruetimeyeri, Nummulites spp., Rotalia spp.

20

Barren

21

Alveolina archiaci, A. barattoloi, A. cuspidata, A. oblonga, A. polatliensis, A. rakoveci gueroli, A. ruetimeyeri, A. cf. ruetimeyeri, A. rugosa, A. safranboluensis sp. nov., A. sirelii sp. nov., A. sp. A, Assilina spp., Discocyclina spp., Nummulites spp., Orbitolites spp., Rotalia spp., Gastropoda