Where: Crete, Greece (35.2° N, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 25.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. Gaudant, E. Fourtanier, A. Lauriat-rage, S. Tsagaris, M. T. Venec-Peyre and I. Zorn. 1997. Découverte d'une ichthyofaune marine dans le Messinien préévaporitique de la Messara (Crète centrale, Grèce) : interprétation paléoécologique. geologie Mediterraneenee 24(3-4):175-195 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207364: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 08.01.2020, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside | |
"Myctophum" dorsale Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Myctophum" licatae Sauvage 1880 lanternfish | |
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870 pipefish | |
Alosa crassa Sauvage 1873 herring |