Rö96/81 - Kipourio (Eptachorion Fm): Chattian, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullinopsis crassatina (Lamarck 1804)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Campanile charpentieri (Basterot 1825)
synonym of Cerithium pseudoobeliscus
Gourmya delbosi (Michelotti 1861)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) asperula (Brogniart 1823)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Lentigo) radix (Brongniart 1823)
recombined as Persististrombus radix
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Anazola cf. clavula
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 21.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° North, 19.6° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Eptachorion
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Eptachorion Fm. Details given by Wielandt-Schuster et al. (2004). THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. 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. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marly sandy unit. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Soft, sandy or marly bottom in shallow water. Fully marine conditions.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW).
Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for gastropoda, mentions informally bivalvia and corals. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, use of genera and subgenera.
Metadata
Database number:76201
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-11-15 20:41:51 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-11-15 20:41:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25005. 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]