Arachowa, Greece: Early/Lower Aptian, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Monopleura sp. Matheron 1842
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Polyconitidae
Polyconites distefanoi
1 specimen
Horiopleura cf. baylei
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinulidae
Himeraelites sp. Stefano 1889
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Offneria italica
1 specimen
Offneria nicolinae
1 specimen
Pachytraga paradoxa
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Pseudocoenia annae (Volz 1903)
3 specimens
Pentacoenia tombecki
4 specimens
Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny 1850
10 specimens
Cyathophora steinmanni Fritzsche 1924
10 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
Apocladophyllia chaputi
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina elegans Eichwald 1865
7 specimens
synonym of Stylina inwaldensis
Stylina regularis Fromentel 1862
8 specimens
synonym of Stylina digitiformis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Donacosmilidae
Parepismilia sp. Beauvais 1964
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae
Carolastraea graeca
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea actinastrae (Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981)
3 specimens
synonym of Stelidioseris melkarthi
Columactinastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952
1 specimen
[entered as Columactinastrea sp.]
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea provincialis (d'Orbigny 1849)
4 specimens
Heterocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora styriaca (Michelin 1847)
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884
2 specimens
Thecosmilia cf. trichotoma (Goldfuss 1826)
2 specimens
synonym of Thecosmilia densa
Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis Morycowa 1971
1 specimen
Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau 1960
8 specimens
Clausastrea julistephanovi Zlatarski 1967
5 specimens
Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905
3 specimens
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
8 specimens
Montlivaltia cf. renevieri Koby 1884
1 specimen
synonym of Montlivaltia vesiculosa
Latiastrea cf. kaufmanni (Koby 1897)
5 specimens
recombined as Paraclausastrea kaufmanni
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Placocoenia major Felix 1903
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Pseudomyriophyllia turnsekae n. sp. Baron-Szabo 1996
5 specimens
recombined as Eugyra turnsekae
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857
1 specimen
Eugyra lanckoronensis (Morycowa 1964)
3 specimens
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica Morycowa 1971
10 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Dimorphastrea parallela (Reuss 1846)
4 specimens
recombined as Synastrea parallela
Synastrea cf. dubia de Fromentel 1861
4 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
? Epistreptophyllum cylindratum Milaschewitsch 1876
2 specimens
Dermosmilia cf. laxata (Etallon 1864)
3 specimens
Dermosmilia cretacica Turnsek 1974
7 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Diploastrea harrisi Wells 1932
2 specimens
synonym of Astraeofungia diversisepta
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Olgastraea bohemica Eliasova 1989
3 specimens
recombined as Dimorphastraeopsis bohemica
Siderofungia irregularis Felix 1891
2 specimens
    = Brachymeandra leptophylla Reuss 1854
Baron-Szabo 2009
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia villersensis (Koby 1898)
1 specimen
Axosmilia kobyi (Angelis d'Ossat 1905)
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiaulastrea keuppi n. sp.
3 specimens
Amphiaulastrea conferta (Ogilvie 1897)
4 specimens
Pleurostylina corallina de Fromentel 1856
2 specimens
Aulastraea schaeferi Ogilvie 1897
3 specimens
Aulastraea cf. macer Eliasova 1975
1 specimen
Opisthophyllum cf. zitteli Ogilvie 1897
1 specimen
Opistophyllum cf. zitteli
Amphiastrea minima
1 specimen
Amphiastrea aethiopica Dietrich 1926
6 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Polyastropsis arnaudi Alloiteau 1957
4 specimens
recombined as Thamnoseris arnaudi
? Dimorphastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850
4 specimens
Microphyllia densecostata Sikharulidze 1979
3 specimens
Mixastraea westfalica Löser 1993
2 specimens
Fungiastraea crespoi (Felix 1891)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea koechlini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860)
3 specimens
Microsolena distefanoi (Prever 1909)
1 specimen
synonym of Microsolena major
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964
7 specimens
Including ssp. bucovinensis
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Smilotrochus jacobi Alloiteau 1936
1 specimen
synonym of Smilotrochus milneri
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis Alloiteau 1958
1 specimen
    = Palaeopsammia complanata
Baron-Szabo 2009
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Preverastraea aptiana
4 specimens
Aulastraeopora sp. Prever 1909
1 specimen
Aulastraeopora deangelisi Prever 1909
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae
Pseudopolytremacis hanagensis
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]