Karave, Gavdos Island, South Greece (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as Reef 3420

Where: Greece (34.8° 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

• marly limestone in thickness of 10-15 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 60775: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.05.2006, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae
Acanthuridae indet.2
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
"Myctophum" licatae2
"Myctophum" licatae2 Sauvage 1880 lanternfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alosa crassa1, ? Sardina crassa2
Alosa crassa1 Sauvage 1873 herring
? Sardina crassa2 Sauvage 1880 herring
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis, Tarbellastraea reussiana, Favites neugeboreni
Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis Kühn 1925 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Favites neugeboreni Reuss 1871 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
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites collegniana, Porites maigensis
Porites collegniana Michelin 1842 stony coral
Porites maigensis Kühn 1925 stony coral
1Argyriou 2022; 2Gaudant et al. 2005