Aghios Ioannis, Gavdos Island, South Greece (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as Reef 3420

Where: Greece (34.9° N, 24.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 23.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• marly limestone and compact marls in thickness of 2-2.5 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Tsaparas and A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni. 2005. Tortonian Scleractinian Corals from the island of Gavdos (South Greece). Revue de Paléobiologie 24(2):629-637 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60746: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.05.2006, edited by Mihaela Krause and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Notoscopelus resplendens2, Diaphus cavallonis2, Diaphus holti2
Notoscopelus resplendens2 Richardson 1845 lanternfish
Diaphus cavallonis2 lanternfish
Diaphus holti2 Taaning 1918 small lantern fish
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.1
Gastropoda indet.1 Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys latissima1
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lamellose1, Ostrea plicatula1
Ostrea plicatula1 Gmelin 1791 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites mancietensis, Porites collegniana
Porites mancietensis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
listed as Porites maicientensis
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae
Heliastrea sp., Heliastrea oligophylla
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral
listed as Heliastraea sp.
Heliastrea oligophylla Reuss 1871 stony coral
listed as Heliastraea oligophylla
1Pomoni et al. 2013; 2Tsaparas and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2005