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Paleontology Laboratory

Prof. Dr. U. Kağan TEKİN
About the Laboratory

Description: The Paleontology Laboratory utilizes various specialized methods to identify, age, and determine depositional environments of diverse fossil assemblages within rock matrices.

Objective: Identification, taxonomic classification, and biostratigraphic dating of various fossil groups.

Scope of Services: Services are offered to geological engineers and geologists specializing in paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, and regional geology.

Laboratory Staff
  • Prof. Dr. U. Kağan TEKİN: Laboratory Supervisor, Identification & Dating of Radiolarian Fossils
  • Res. Asst. Alaettin TUNCER: Identification & Dating of Ostracoda Fossils
  • Res. Asst. Hulde Tuğba GİZLİ: Identification & Dating of Ostracoda Fossils
Equipment & Facilities
Optical microscopy and sample preparation equipment available in the laboratory:
  • 1 x Zeiss Photomicroscope-III Microscope
  • 2 x Leica S8AP0 Microscopes
  • 2 x Olympos SZ60 Microscopes
  • 1 x Decon F5100b Ultrasonic Cleaner
  • 1 x Vortice Fume Hood
  • Test sieve set with 0.250 mm, 0.500 mm, and 1.000 mm mesh sizes
Analyses Conducted
Preparation of rock samples using acid digestion (Hydrogen Peroxide, Acetic Acid, Hydrofluoric Acid), washing, drying, sieving by grain size, and micro-tube separation are fully carried out. Under binocular stereomicroscopes, faunal assemblages are picked and preliminary taxonomic identifications are completed. Detailed ostracod and radiolarian studies are finalized by mounting selected specimens onto SEM stubs for high-resolution imaging.
Quality Assurance & Selected Publications
Selected SCI-indexed publication results generated from the Paleontology Laboratory:
  • Forel, M.B., Tekin, U.K., Okuyucu, C., Bedi, Y., Tuncer, A., Crasquin, S. (2019). Discovery of a long-term refuge for ostracods (Crustacea) after the end-Permian extinction: a unique Carnian (Late Triassic) fauna from the Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17 (1), 9-58.
  • Kayseri-Özer, M.S., Karadenizli, L., Akgün, F., Oyal, N., Saraç, G., Şen, Ş., Tunoğlu, C., Tuncer, A. (2017). Palaeoclimatic and Palaeoenvironmental interpretations of the Late Oligocene, Late Miocene-Early Pliocene in the Çankırı-Çorum Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 467, 16-36.
  • Tekin, U.K., Bedi, Y., Okuyucu, C., Göncüoglu, M.C., Sayit, K. (2016). Radiolarian biochronology of upper Anisian to upper Ladinian blocks in the Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 123, 28-42.
  • Tuncer, A., Tunoğlu, C. (2015). Early Pleistocene (Calabrian) Ostracoda assemblage and paleoenvironmental characteristics of the Fevzipaşa Formation, Western Anatolia. Micropaleontology, 61 (1-2), 69-83.
Analysis Rates & Fees (Year 2026)
Analysis / Procedure Type Unit Price (Excl. VAT)
1.1 Micropaleontological (Ostracoda, Radiolaria) sample preparation & inspection
(Acid treatment, washing, drying, sieving, microscopic picking, slide mounting, SEM sample prep & imaging)		 400 TL / sample
1.2 Micropaleontological (Ostracoda, Radiolaria) taxonomic identification, age/paleoenvironment determination, reporting
(For semi-quantitative analysis. An additional 50% is added for quantitative analysis)		 750 TL / sample
2. Carbonate & Clastic sedimentary rock analysis
(Component identification, rock naming, microfacies analysis, depositional age/paleoenvironment interpretation; Thin section + analysis + interpretation)		 600 TL / sample
Notes & Guidelines: Prices are unit rates per sample and exclude VAT. Special pricing can be applied for large sample batches. Separate fees apply if formal reporting in Turkish or foreign languages is requested.
Application Forms
Analysis Request Form
Contact Information
Laboratory Supervisors: Prof. Dr. U. Kağan TEKİN
Address: Hacettepe University Department of Geological Engineering, 06800 Beytepe / Ankara / TURKEY
Phone: +90 (312) 297 77 00  |  Fax: +90 (312) 299 20 34
E-Mail: jeo@hacettepe.edu.tr