Where: Greece (36.8° N, 24.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.9° N, 24.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Globorotalia inflata zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Dermitzakis and E. Georgiades-Dikeoulia. 1987. Biozonation of the Neogene invertebrate megafauna of the Hellenic area. Annales Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici 70:125-136 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72415: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.06.2007
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Arca (Anadara) noae
"Arca (Anadara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Arca (Anadara) noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Spondylus gaederopus, Chlamys (Flexopecten) flexuosa, Chlamys (Flexopecten) glabra, Chlamys (Flexopecten) inaequicostalis, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten jacobaeus, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Chlamys (Flexopecten) flexuosa scallop
Chlamys (Flexopecten) glabra scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten jacobaeus scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Anomia (Anomia) ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella, "Dosinia (Orbiculus) lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail | |
Natica (Nacca) millepunctata Sacco 1890 moon snail |