In this study, the Gansserina gansseri (lower Maastrichtian), Morozovella pseudobulloides, Morozovella trinidadensis (Danian), Morozovella angulata (Danian-Thanetian), Planorotalites pseudomenardii, Morozovella velascoensis (Thanetian) planktic foraminiferal zones and Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis (CC-25) (Lower Maastrichtian), Markalius inversus (NP-1), Cruciplacolithus tenuis (NP-2), Chiasmolithus danicus (NP-3) (Danian), Ellipsolithus macellus (NP-4), Fasciculithus tympaniformis (NP-5), and Heliolithus kleinpellii (NP-6) (Thanetian) calcareous nannoplankton zones were recognised from the samples which collected from the upper level of the Samanlık formation and from the bottom to the top of the Dizilitaşlar formation. These units represent early Maastichtian-Paleocene interval. They were deposited in the turbidite facies of the southeast Kalecik region. On the basis of trace fossil studies Thalassinoides isp., (shallow marine) was identified in the upper level of the Samanlık formation, and Helminthopsis isp., (deep marine), and Ophiomorpha isp., (shallow marine) were recognized in the bottom and the middle levels of the Dizilitaşlar formation.

The results from the studies of trace fossils, analysis of sedimentary composition, distribution of the numerical abundance of planktic, benthic foraminifera, and calcareous nannoplankton show that the upper levels of the Samanlık and Dizilitaşlar formations were deposited with the characteristic proximal facies, whereas the lower and middle levels of Dizilitaşlar formation represent the proximal and intermediate facieses of a submarine fan. Lower Maastrichtian, upper the Danian and Thanetian were developed during a regressive period while the lower and middle Danian reflect alternating transgressive and regressive events.