Where: Greece (40.1° N, 21.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 19.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eptachorion Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Eptachorion Fm that overlies ophiolithic basement. Details given by Wielandt-Schuster et al. (2004). THICKNESS: From 50 m upper unit, within 1400 m thick section AGE: Eptachorion Fm is Late Rupelian to Late Chattian at this section based on planktonic foraminfera, corresponding to biozones P20-P21 (Barbieri 1992) and to NP 24 (Zygojanni and Müller, 1982) based on nannoplankton. The upper part of Doutsiko, from where the gastropod fauna derives, indicates a Chattian, possibly Late Chattian age corresponding to P21 (pers. comm., Wielandt and Rögl, in Harzhauser 2004). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From upper unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW).
Primary reference: M. Harzhauser. 2004. Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248:93-181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76261: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.11.2007
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