Kritika North (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Rhodes, Greece (36.4° N, 28.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.0° N, 28.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Primary reference: K. Agiadi, C. Giamali, A. Girone, P. Moissete, E. Koskeridou and V. Karakitsios. 2020. The Zanclean marine fish fauna and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a coastal marine setting in the eastern Mediterranean. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 100:773-792 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207579: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Gnathophis mystax
 Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
"Conger conger" = Muraena conger
"Conger conger" = Muraena conger Linnaeus 1758 European conger
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet.
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817
 Spariformes - Centracanthidae
Spicara smaris
Spicara smaris Linnaeus 1758
 Perciformes -
Aphia minuta
Aphia minuta perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola macrophthalma
Cepola macrophthalma perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex macrophthalmus, Boops boops
Dentex macrophthalmus perch-like fish
Boops boops perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
Haemulidae indet.
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Ophidion barbatum
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Carapus acus
Carapus acus Brünnich 1768
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius sanzi, Gobius paganellus, Gobius vittatus, Gobius sp., Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
Gobius sp. Linnaeus 1758 goby
 Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae
Aphanius sp.
Aphanius sp. Nardo 1827 nono
 Acanthomorphata - Pomacentridae
Chromis chromis
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus trachurus, Trachurus mediterraneus
Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus 1758
Trachurus mediterraneus Steindachner 1868
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus laterna
Arnoglossus laterna Walbaum 1792 flatfish
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp., Hygophum hygomii
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Hygophum hygomii lanternfish
 Acanthopterygii - Trachinidae
Trachinus draco
Trachinus draco Linnaeus 1758
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardina pilchardus
Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792 herring