Cape Vagia, sample 1 (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (36.3° N, 28.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 28.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kolymbia Member (Rhodes Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Gelasian according to presence of G. inflata in underlying Kritika Member.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, muddy limestone

• "dominance of Ostrea lamellosa indicates an environment of the littoral zone." "The presence of the micromorph brachiopod fauna and Megathiris detruncata indicates a very shallow-water and high energy environment"
• Muddy limestone at base overlain by homogenous limestone intercalated with coarser layers

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• Repository: Department of Historical Geology-Paleontology, Section of Geology and Geoenvironment, Athens University

Primary reference: E. Koskeridou. 2007. Pliocene Brachiopods from Rhodes Island (Cape Vagia section). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 40:121-133 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153679: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 07.01.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
"Argyrotheca cordata" = Joania cordata, Megathiris detruncata
"Argyrotheca cordata" = Joania cordata Risso 1826
2 complete and "a lot of" fragmented specimens
Megathiris detruncata Gmelin 1791
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia truncata
Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767