Sokastro islet (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (35.6° N, 27.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 27.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• early Calabrian; 1.7–1.6 Ma

Environment/lithology: basinal (); hardground limestone

• An upper bathyal environment at water depths around 400–600 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Moissette, J. J. Cornee, F. Quilleviere, H. Zibrowius, E. Koskeridou and G. E. Lopez-Otalvaro. 2017. Pleistocene (Calabrian) deep-water corals and associated biodiversity in the eastern Mediterranean (Karpathos Island, Greece). Journal of Quaternary Science 32(7):923-933 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190371: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.12.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Discoleps sp.
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia truncatulinoides
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora oculata
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Lophelia pertusa, "Desmophyllum cristagalli" = Desmophyllum dianthus, Caryophyllia sarsiae, Caryophyllia smithii
Lophelia pertusa Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Desmophyllum cristagalli" = Desmophyllum dianthus Esper 1794 stony coral
Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius 1974 stony coral
Caryophyllia smithii Stokes and Broderip 1828 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum alabastrum
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Stenocyathus vermiformis
Stenocyathus vermiformis Pourtales 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia cornigera, Enallopsammia sp.
Dendrophyllia cornigera Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Enallopsammia sp. Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Pachylasmatidae
Pachylasma giganteum
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Vermiliopsis monodiscus, Neovermilia falcigera, Placostegus tridentatus
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Vitreotubus digeronimoi
Vitreotubus digeronimoi Zibrowius 1979
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dallinidae
Dallina sp.
Dallina sp. Beecher 1893
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Spiroporinidae
Tessaradoma boreale
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Reteporella sparteli, Reteporella sp.
Reteporella sp. Busk 1884
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Palmicellaria elegans
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Gemellipora eburnea
 Cheilostomata - Candidae
Scrupocellaria sp., Canda ligata
Scrupocellaria sp. van Beneden 1845
 Cheilostomata - Bugulidae
Bugulella elegans
Bugulella elegans Hayward 1978
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Terviidae
Tervia barrieri, Tervia irregularis
 Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
Entalophoroecia sp.
 Cyclostomata - Crisiidae
Crisia sp.
Crisia sp. Lamarck 1812
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus gussonii, "Karnekampia sulcata" = Pseudamussium
"Karnekampia sulcata" = Pseudamussium scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten hoskynsi
Cyclopecten hoskynsi Forbes 1844 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limea crassa, Limea sp., Acesta excavata
Limea crassa file clam
Limea sp. Bronn 1831 file clam
Acesta excavata Fabricius 1780 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Neopycnodonte zibrowii, Neopycnodonte cochlear
Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Asperarca nodulosa
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Ennucula aegeensis
Ennucula aegeensis Forbes 1844 Aegean Nut Clam
Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Clio pyramidata
Clio pyramidata Linnaeus 1767 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula tuberculosa