Chlamys scabrella acme zone, Kefallinia Island: Zanclean, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Arca (Pectinarca) pectinata Gmelin 1791
recombined as Tucetona pectinata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lamellosa Brocchi 1814
synonym of Ostrea edulis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten radians (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
Chlamys bollenensis
Chlamys scabrella (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium papillosum Poli 1781
recombined as Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece
Coordinates: 38.1° North, 20.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° North, 20.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Globorotalia margaritae zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: sandy marls alternating with marly limestones and sandy calcarenites
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:72316
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-01 05:53:27 Last modified:2007-06-01 08:53:27
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-01 05:53:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24517.1% 7740M. 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]