Rö/159/84 and Rö/160/84 - Doutsiko (Eptachorion Fm) (Oligocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (40.1° N, 21.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Eptachorion Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Eptachorion Fm that overlies ophiolithic basement. Details given by Wielandt-Schuster et al. (2004). THICKNESS: Within 1400 m thick section AGE: Eptachorion Fm is Late Rupelian to Late Chattian at this section based on planktonic foraminfera, corresponding to biozones P20-P21 (Barbieri 1992) and to NP 24 (Zygojanni and Müller, 1982) based on nannoplankton. The upper part of Doutsiko, from where the gastropod fauna derives, indicates a Chattian, possibly Late Chattian age corresponding to P21 (pers. comm., Wielandt and Rögl, in Harzhauser 2004). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, silty, sandy marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Small patch reef.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Interbeded sandy-silty marls and sandstones bearing coral limestones. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW).

Primary reference: M. Harzhauser. 2004. Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248:93-181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74635: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for gastropoda, mentions informally bivalvia and corals. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, use of genera and subgenera.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Tectus lucasianus Brongniart 1823 top snail
Jujubinus cf. subcarinatus Lamarck 1804 top snail
SUBSPECIES: Jujubinus cf. subcarinatus demersus
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bellatara lozoueti, "Campanile charpentieri" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus
Bellatara lozoueti Harzhauser 2004 cerith snail
"Campanile charpentieri" = Cerithium pseudoobeliscus Grateloup 1832 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata
"Turritella (Haustator) conofasciata" = Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata Sacco 1895 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos stroppus Brongniart 1823 horn snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia gibberosa Grateloup 1847 snail
Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Tricornis) sublatissimus" = Dilatilabrum sublatissimum
"Strombus (Tricornis) sublatissimus" = Dilatilabrum sublatissimum d'Orbigny 1852 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoneptunea costellata Grateloup 1847 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena lainei Basterot 1825 snail
SUBSPECIES: M. lainei semseyiana
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell