Bivalvia biostratigraphy of Aksütlü region (Hekimhan, NW Malatya, Türkiye) and paleoclimatological interpretations

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 177 Sayı: 177, 112 - 145, 15.08.2025

Müjde Gürsoy

https://doi.org/10.19111/bulletinofmre.1716470

Öz

In this study, Early Miocene bivalve fauna obtained from Hekimhan Aksütlü locality is presented. Abundant and well-preserved ostreid samples are interesting in the area where molluscs have not
been studied before. Within the community where ostreids are dominant, eight species have been identified; four species of the Ostreoidea, two Pectinoidea, one Arcoidea and one Cardioidea have
been recorded. The Carbon (13C/12C) and Oxygen (18O/16O) isotope ratio results of the ostreids and sediments indicate the first findings related to the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO) Event in
Anatolia. Identified bivalves reveal that Akyar Formation was deposited in a shallow and warm sea in Early Miocene.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Malatya Basin , Early Miocene , Bivalvia , Isotope , Paleoeclimatology.

Etik Beyan

This study was carried out within the scope of the project titled “Cenozoic Fossils, Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of Türkiye” numbered 2022-08-16- 01-1 and 2023-08-16-01-1 carried out in the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration Şehit Cuma Dağ Natural History Museum Directorate. The author thanks Prof. Dr. Turhan Ayyıldız from Ankara University for suggesting the study area and providing support during the field studies, Dr. Ana Maria Parras from the National University of La Pampa, Argentina, for her contribution to the identification of the samples, and also thanks to reviewers Dr. Alfréd Dulai, Dr. Sevinç Kapan Ürün, Prof. Dr. Burçin Aşkım Gümüş for their detailed review and contributions.

Destekleyen Kurum

This study was carried out within the scope of the project titled “Cenozoic Fossils, Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of Türkiye” numbered 2022-08-16- 01-1 and 2023-08-16-01-1 carried out in the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration Şehit Cuma Dağ Natural History Museum Directorate

Proje Numarası

2022-08-16-01-1 and 2023-08-16-01-1

Teşekkür

This study was carried out within the scope of the project titled “Cenozoic Fossils, Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of Türkiye” numbered 2022-08-16- 01-1 and 2023-08-16-01-1 carried out in the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration Şehit Cuma Dağ Natural History Museum Directorate. The author thanks Prof. Dr. Turhan Ayyıldız from Ankara University for suggesting the study area and providing support during the field studies, Dr. Ana Maria Parras from the National University of La Pampa, Argentina, for her contribution to the identification of the samples, and also thanks to reviewers Dr. Alfréd Dulai, Dr. Sevinç Kapan Ürün, Prof. Dr. Burçin Aşkım Gümüş for their detailed review and contributions.

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