Systematics and biostratigraphic notes of the upper Moscovian-upper Gzhelian fusulinid foraminifers from the Anatolian Platform in the Southern Turkey

The systematics and biostratigraphy of the upper Moscovian-upper Gzhelian fusulinid fauna of the Anatolian Platform have been investigated in three stratigraphic sections (Ozbek Tepe, Eskibey and Bademli) from the Eastern and Central Taurides. Forty fusulinid taxa belonging to sixteen genera and three subgenera are identified from the upper Moscovian-upper Gzhelian strata. Three species, Protriticites tokerae, Triticites guvenci and Triticites oezbekensis, are here described as new. This fusulinid succession allows assignment of particular parts of the sections studied to the upper Moscovian-upper Gzhelian in the Anatolian Platform, thus serving as a basis for further definition of biostratigraphic zones. The fusulinid faunas of the Anatolian Platform have close resemblance and are well correlative with the Upper Carboniferous (Middle and Upper Pennsylvanian) standard and reference sections of the Moscow Basin, Southern Urals, Donets Basin, Central Asia and Southern China.