Perakhorion, Helicon Mountains, Boeotia: Early/Lower Aptian, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea aequibernensis
(Hackemesser 1936)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Haplaraeidae
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Actinaraea cf. robusta
Roniewicz 1966
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Opisthophyllidae
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Pseudopisthophyllum quinqueseptatum
Turnsek 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| misspelled as Pseudopistophyllum quinqueseptatum | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Eugyridae
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Felixigyra patruliusi
Morycowa 1971
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Myriophyllia propria
Sikharulidze 1979
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Phyllocoenia cf. frondescens
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Montastraea | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Microsolena ? minima
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Microsolena cf. agariciformis
Etallon 1859
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Microsolena cf. tuberosa
(Michelin 1843)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Latiastraea cf. provalei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Latiastrea | ||||||||||
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Thamnoseris informal sp. 1
Fromentel 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ellipsocoenia lorioli
(Koby 1896)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Microphyllia informal sp. 1
d'Orbigny 1849
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Fungiastraea ? brevipes
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Fungiastraea mirabilis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Procyathophora sp.
Weissermel 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= "Procyathophora" sp.
Weissermel 1928
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Kiessling 2008 | |||||||||
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Adelocoenia carantonensis
(Orbigny 1850)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Adelocoenia ? arcensis
(Fromentel 1861)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Stylina lamellosa
Trautschold 1886
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Heliocoenia lamellosa | ||||||||||
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Stylina cf. sparsa
Trautschold 1886
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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= Stylina carpathica
Morycowa 1964
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Löser and Ferry 2006 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylina inflata | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pachyphylliidae
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Columnocoenia cf. ksiazkiewiczi
Morycowa 1964
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| subsp. | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Amphiaulastrea guiscardii
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hykeliphyllum sp.
Eliasova 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Polyconitidae
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? Horiopleura juxi n. sp.
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Steuber 1999 | |||||||||
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Coscinophragmatidae
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Coscinophragma cribrosum
(Reuss 1846)
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Steuber 1999 | |||||||||
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Orbitolinidae
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Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) sp.
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Steuber 1999 | |||||||||
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Palorbitolina lenticularis
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Steuber 1999 | |||||||||
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Trocholinidae
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Trocholina cf. aptiensis
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Steuber 1999 | |||||||||
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Chlorophyceae
- Dasycladales
- Triploporellaceae
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Triploporella marsicana
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Steuber 1999 | |||||||||
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Chlorophyceae
- Dasycladales
- Dasycladaceae
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Cylindroporella cf. elitzae
Bakalova 1971
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Steuber 1999 | |||||||||
| recombined as Montiella elitzae | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Greece |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 22.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 23.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: ophiolithic conglomerates, highly wheathered, paraautochthonous limestone lenses and blocks in the upper part | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3439 | ||
| Database number: | 60374 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-11 06:39:53 | Last modified: | 2006-07-18 10:55:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-11 06:39:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17362. | H. Löser and M. Raeder. 1995. Aptian/Albian coral assemblages of the Helicon Mountains (Boeotia, Greece): palaeontological, palaeoecological and palaeogeographical aspects. Coral Research Bulletin 4:37-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 26431 | W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] | |
| 18792 | H. Löser and S. Ferry. 2006. Coraux du Barrémien du Sud de la France (Ardèche et Drôme). Géobios 39:469-489 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy] | |
| 18332 | T. Steuber. 1999. Cretaceous rudists of Boeotia, Central Greece. Special Papers in Palaeontology 61:5-229 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |