Where: Greece (37.6° N, 21.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 19.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni, J. Fountoulis, and E. Lekkas. 1996. Presence de coraux Oligocene (Rupelien) dans le Peloponnese central-occidental (Grece), signification paleoecologique et paleobiogeographique [The occurrence of Oligocene (Rupelian) corals in west-central Peloponnesus (Greece), paleoecological and paleobiogeographic significance]. Geologie Mediterraneenne 23(1):11-25 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85001: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Favia subdenticulata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia palmata Catullo 1856 stony coral | |
Porites minuta Reuss 1868 stony coral
Porites nummulitica Reuss 1864 stony coral |