Where: Greece (40.0° N, 21.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 32.6° N, 23.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eptachorion Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Eptachorion Fm. Details given by Wielandt-Schuster et al. (2004). THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. 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. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
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 76202: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2007
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Prozonarina maxima Grateloup 1847 cowry | |
Globularia gibberosa Grateloup 1847 snail
Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Melanopsis impressa Krauss 1852 snail |