Where: Crete, Greece (35.2° N, 26.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 26.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: P. Moissette, J. J. Cornee, A. Antonarakou, G. Kontakiotis, H. Drinia, E. Koskeridou, T. Tsourou, K. Agiadi, and V. Karakitsios. 2018. Palaeoenvironmental changes at the Tortonian/Messinian boundary: A deep-sea sedimentary record of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 505:217-233 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207593: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Rhynchoconger pantanellii Bassoli and Schubert 1906 conger eel | |
Ceratoscopelus maderensis, Lobianchia dofleini, Myctophum fitchi, Hygophum hygomii, Diaphus acutirostrum, Diaphus cavallonis, Diaphus splendidus
Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 Madeira lantern fish
Lobianchia dofleini Zugmayer 1911 Dofleini's lanternfish
Myctophum fitchi lanternfish
Hygophum hygomii lanternfish
Diaphus acutirostrum lanternfish
Diaphus cavallonis lanternfish
Diaphus splendidus Prochazka 1893 horned lanternfish | |
Lesueurigobius sp. Whitley 1950 goby
Gobius bicornuta goby | |
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840 |