Kouverta, Argolis Peninsula (Permian of Greece)

Also known as Reef 332

Where: Greece (37.3° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 26.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• pebble sized clasts of Dzhulfian age reworked in Jurassic Potami Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Vachard, P. Clift, and D. Decrouez. 1993. Une association a Pseudodunbarula (Fusulinoide) du Permien Superieur (Djoulfien) remaniee dans le Jurassique d'Argolide (Peloponnese, Grece) [An Upper Permian (Dzhulfian) assemblage with Pseudodunbarula (Fusulinids) reworked in the Jurassic of Argolis Peninsula (Peloponnes, Greece)]. Revue de Paleobiologie 12(1):217-242 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74974: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Calcisponges, crinoids, bryozoans and other macrofossils reported to be present, but not listed.
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
"Eugonophyllum" sp. Konishi and Wray 1961
unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
  -
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Foraminifera
 Lagenina - Syzraniidae
 Lagenina - Robuloididae
 Lagenina - Ichtyolariidae
Protonodosaria sp. Gerke 1959
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
 Archaediscacea - Lasiodiscidae
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Tetrataxoidea - Abadehellidae
Abadehella ex gr. coniformis Okimura and Ishii 1975
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schubertellidae
Schubertella sp. Staff and Wedekind 1910
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
 Fusulinina - Archaesphaeridae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Cornuspira sp. Schultze 1854
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Cephalopoda
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956