Where: Greece (35.9° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 27.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kleopulu Calcirudite Member (Lindos Acropolis Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• MIS 5e-d, 120-110 ka (ESR dated)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; rudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. Titschak, C. S. Nelson, T. Beck, A. Freiwald, and U. Radtke. 2008. Sedimentary evolution of a Late Pleistocene temperate red algal reef (Coralligene) on Rhodes, Greece: correlation with global sea-level fluctuations. Sedimentology 55:1747-1776 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 88774: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Foraminifera | |
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Globothalamea | |
Gypsina sp. Carter 1877 | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Anthozoa | |
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinus cf. melo sea urchin | |
Sedentaria | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten jacobaeus scallop
Chlamys pesfelis scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Petricola sp. Lamarck 1801 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus, Homalopoma sanguineum
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail
Homalopoma sanguineum snail | |
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail | |
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Columbella rustica snail |