Gavrovo Mountain area (Eocene to of Greece)

Where: Greece (39.0° N, 21.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.4° N, 22.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gavrovo Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• he Paleocene and Eocene deposits of the region are marine shallow water sediments. The development of facies, and the occurrence of some shales and grits associated with the limestones suggest a location not too far from the coast line.
• Limestones, some basal shales and grits in one area. The limestones are bioclastic and shaly to to the west, merging into typical pelagic material eastward.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jean Dercourt

Primary reference: J. H. Johnson. 1965. Coralline Algae from the Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Greece. Journal of Paleontology 39(5):802-814 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143458: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 23.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Melobesia sp., "Lithothamnium cf. andrusovi" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium cf. crispithallus" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium faurai" = Lithothamnion, Mesophyllum vaughanii, Lithophyllum carpathicum, Lithophyllum quadrangulum, Lithoporella melobesioides, Amphiroa sp.
Melobesia sp. Lamoroux 1812
"Lithothamnium cf. andrusovi" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium cf. crispithallus" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium faurai" = Lithothamnion
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812