Cape Vagia, sample 2: Gelasian, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria palmata (Michelin 1847)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Megerlia truncata monstruosa (Scacchi 1838)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Gryphus sp. Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 28.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.2° North, 28.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Gelasian
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rhodes Member:Kolymbia
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Gelasian according to presence of G. inflata in underlying Kritika Member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Muddy limestone at base overlain by homogenous limestone intercalated with coarser layers
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: "The presence of Celleporaria palmata points to a depth of 30-50 m"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.250 Maximum sieve size:2.000
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Department of Historical Geology-Paleontology, Section of Geology and Geoenvironment, Athens University
Metadata
Database number:153688
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham, M. Manojlovic
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-01-07 20:59:20 Last modified:2015-05-30 14:05:51
Access level:the public Released:2014-01-07 20:59:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49755. E. Koskeridou. 2007. Pliocene Brachiopods from Rhodes Island (Cape Vagia section). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 40:121-133 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]