Arachowa, Greece: Early/Lower Aptian, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Monopleuridae
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Monopleura sp.
Matheron 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Polyconitidae
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Polyconites distefanoi
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Horiopleura cf. baylei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Caprinulidae
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Himeraelites sp.
Stefano 1889
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Caprinidae
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Offneria italica
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Offneria nicolinae
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Pachytraga paradoxa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cyathophoridae
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Pseudocoenia annae
(Volz 1903)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Pentacoenia tombecki
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Pentacoenia elegantula
d'Orbigny 1850
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Cyathophora steinmanni
Fritzsche 1924
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cladophylliidae
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Apocladophyllia chaputi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Stylina elegans
Eichwald 1865
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7 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Stylina inwaldensis | ||||||||||
Stylina regularis
Fromentel 1862
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8 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Stylina digitiformis | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Donacosmilidae
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Parepismilia sp.
Beauvais 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Carolastraeidae
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Carolastraea graeca
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea actinastrae
(Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Stelidioseris melkarthi | ||||||||||
Columactinastraea sp.
Alloiteau 1952
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1 specimen | |||||||||
[entered as Columactinastrea sp.] | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Heterocoeniidae
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Latusastrea provincialis
(d'Orbigny 1849)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Heterocoenia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Hydnophora styriaca
(Michelin 1847)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Thecosmilia dichotoma
Koby 1884
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma
(Goldfuss 1826)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Thecosmilia densa | ||||||||||
Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis
Morycowa 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Clausastrea bolzei
Alloiteau 1960
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Clausastrea julistephanovi
Zlatarski 1967
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Peplosmilia fromenteli
Angelis d'Ossat 1905
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Montlivaltia sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Montlivaltia cf. renevieri
Koby 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Montlivaltia vesiculosa | ||||||||||
Latiastrea cf. kaufmanni
(Koby 1897)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Paraclausastrea kaufmanni | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Placocoeniidae
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Placocoenia major
Felix 1903
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Eugyridae
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Pseudomyriophyllia turnsekae n. sp.
Baron-Szabo 1996
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5 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Eugyra turnsekae | ||||||||||
Eugyra cotteaui
Fromentel 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eugyra lanckoronensis
(Morycowa 1964)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica
Morycowa 1971
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Synastraeidae
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Dimorphastrea parallela
(Reuss 1846)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Synastrea parallela | ||||||||||
Synastrea cf. dubia
de Fromentel 1861
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dermosmiliidae
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? Epistreptophyllum cylindratum
Milaschewitsch 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Dermosmilia cf. laxata
(Etallon 1864)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Dermosmilia cretacica
Turnsek 1974
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Diploastrea harrisi
Wells 1932
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2 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Astraeofungia diversisepta | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Haplaraeidae
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Olgastraea bohemica
Eliasova 1989
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Dimorphastraeopsis bohemica | ||||||||||
Siderofungia irregularis
Felix 1891
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Brachymeandra leptophylla
Reuss 1854
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Baron-Szabo 2009 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Axosmiliidae
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Axosmilia villersensis
(Koby 1898)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Axosmilia kobyi
(Angelis d'Ossat 1905)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Amphiaulastrea keuppi n. sp.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Amphiaulastrea conferta
(Ogilvie 1897)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Pleurostylina corallina
de Fromentel 1856
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Aulastraea schaeferi
Ogilvie 1897
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Aulastraea cf. macer
Eliasova 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Opisthophyllum cf. zitteli
Ogilvie 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Opistophyllum cf. zitteli | ||||||||||
Amphiastrea minima
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Amphiastrea aethiopica
Dietrich 1926
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Polyastropsis arnaudi
Alloiteau 1957
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Thamnoseris arnaudi | ||||||||||
? Dimorphastrea sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Microphyllia densecostata
Sikharulidze 1979
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mixastraea westfalica
Löser 1993
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Fungiastraea crespoi
(Felix 1891)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Dimorpharaea koechlini
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Microsolena distefanoi
(Prever 1909)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Microsolena major | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pachyphylliidae
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Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi
Morycowa 1964
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Including ssp. bucovinensis | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Smilotrochus jacobi
Alloiteau 1936
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Smilotrochus milneri | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Guyniidae
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Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis
Alloiteau 1958
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Palaeopsammia complanata
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Baron-Szabo 2009 | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Aulastraeoporidae
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Preverastraea aptiana
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Aulastraeopora sp.
Prever 1909
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Aulastraeopora deangelisi
Prever 1909
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Helioporacea
- Helioporidae
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Pseudopolytremacis hanagensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greece |
Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 22.6° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 22.9° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Barremian | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Formerly assinged to the Albian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Up to 30 x 40 m limestone blocks in ophiolitic conglomerate | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Bioerosion: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 1706 | ||
Database number: | 34719 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling, U. Merkel |
Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2003-09-17 07:16:01 | Last modified: | 2003-09-17 10:16:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-17 07:16:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9204. | R. C. Baron-Szabo and T. Steuber. 1996. Korallen und Rudisten aus dem Apt im tertiären Flysch des Parnass-Gebirges bei Delphi-Arachowa (Mittelgriechenland). Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe E 18:3-75 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
30659 | R. Baron-Szabo. 2009. Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |