Karnezeika (Cretaceous of Greece)

Where: Greece (37.5° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• 5 sample in a 2.6 m thick interval about 110 m above base of the section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert and lithified marl

• alternation of red radiolarian chert beds and pink marls

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: A. N. Bandini, P. O. Baumgartner, and M. Caron. 2006. Turonian radiolarians from Karnezeika, Argolis Peninsula, Peloponnesus (Greece). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, Supplement 99(S1):1-20 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94921: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
? Archaeocenosphaera sp. Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
? Archaeocenosphaera mellifera O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
Triactoma cellulosa Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Triactoma hexeris O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
Triactoma aff. hexeris O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichomitra communis Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra pseudomacrocephala Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
"Stichomitra stocki" = Amphipyndax stocki
"Stichomitra stocki" = Amphipyndax stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Torculum coronatum Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Afens liriodes Riedel and Sanfilippo 1974 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Dictyomitra urakawensis Taketani 1982 radiolarian
Dictyomitra formosa Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
Dictyomitra cf. formosa Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
Dictyomitra montisserei Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Acanthocircus hueyi Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
Acanthocircus venetus Squinabol 1914 radiolarian
Acanthocircus tympanum O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Tetracanthellipsis euganeus Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Pessagnobrachia sp. Kozur and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
Halesium sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Halesium triacanthum Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae
Praeconocaryomma sp. Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
Praeconocaryomma lipmanae Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
Praeconocaryomma californiaensis Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
Praeconocaryomma universa Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella cachensis Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella messinae Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Pseudoacanthosphaera sp. O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
Pseudoacanthosphaera galeata O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acaeniotyle "sp. A" Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Acaeniotyle "sp. B" Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Acaeniotyle rebellis O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Pseudoaulophacus putahensis Pessagno 1972 radiolarian
Pseudoaulophacus sculptus Squinabol 1904 radiolarian
Dactyliodiscus sp. Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Patellula helios radiolarian
Patellula sp. Kozlova 1972 radiolarian
Patellula ecliptica O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
Patellula heroica O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian