Where: Greece (37.7° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 20.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Potami Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• Late early to late Pliensbachian
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; cherty/siliceous shale
•of chert, occurring in the footwall of a thrust bringing them into contact with Pantokrator Limestone.
•It may be part of the sediments of the Migdhalitsa Ophiolite Unit (see Capedri
•et al. 1996) or may be a large (olistolithic) block in the Potami Formation of the Basal Sequence of the Dhidhimi–Trapezona Composite Unit.
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: M. Chiari, P. O. Baumgartner, D. Bernoulli, V. Bortolotti, M. Marcucci, A. Photiades, and G. Principi. 2013. Late Triassic, Early and Middle Jurassic Radiolaria from ferromanganese-chert ‘nodules’ (Angelokastron, Argolis, Greece): evidence for prolonged radiolarite sedimentation in the Maliac-Vardar Ocean. Facies 59:391-424 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 142120: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
Archaeocenosphaera sp. Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian | |
Lantus obesus Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Lantus cf. obesus Yeh 1987 radiolarian | |
Saitoum sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Saitoum cf. keki De Wever 1982 radiolarian | |
Farcus cf. kozuri Yeh 1987 radiolarian | |
Katroma clara Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Katroma bicornus De Wever 1982 radiolarian | |
Wrangellium cf. thurstonense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian | |
Parahsuum cf. kanyoense, Parahsuum sp., Parahsuum simplum, Parahsuum cf. ovale, Parahsuum aff. vizcainoense, Parahsuum cf. edenshawi
Parahsuum cf. kanyoense radiolarian
Parahsuum sp. Yao 1982 radiolarian
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Parahsuum cf. ovale Hori and Yao 1988 radiolarian
Parahsuum aff. vizcainoense Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
Parahsuum cf. edenshawi Carter 1988 radiolarian | |
Napora sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian | |
Pseudoheliodiscus aff. merici radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus aff. poultoni radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus yaoi Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian | |
Crucella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella cf. kaisunensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Crucella cf. prisca Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian | |
Thurstonia cf. magnaglobus, Paronaella sp., Paronaella cf. ravenensis, Paronaella grahamensis, Paronaella cf. grahamensis
Thurstonia cf. magnaglobus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Paronaella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Paronaella cf. ravenensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Paronaella grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
Paronaella cf. grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian | |
Pantanellium sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Gorgansium sp. Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Trillus elkhornensis Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian |