Cape Vagia, bryozoan thickets, Rhodes: Gelasian, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Culicia parasitica (Michelin 1847)
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
unclassified
Gryphus vitreus (Born 1778)
    = Gryphus sp.
Koskeridou 2007
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
Tubulipora plumosa
Exidmonea atlantica
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia ? inoedificata
Plagioecia platydiscus
Plagioecia ? sarniensis
Plagioecia dorsalis
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Terviidae
Tervia irregularis
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Frondiporidae
Frondipora verrucosa
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
Ybselosoecia typica
Entalophoroecia ? deflexa
Entalophoroecia rugosa
Entalophoroecia subverticellata
Diplosolen obelium
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora granulata (Milne-Edwards 1838)
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Horneridae
Hornera frondiculata MacGillivray 1895
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Crisiidae
Crisia denticulata
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
Lichenopora hispida
Lichenopora mediterranea
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomatida - Annectocymidae
Annectocyma indistincta
Annectocyma major
Annectocyma macrostoma
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Thalamoporellidae
Thalamoporella neogenica
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Adeonellidae
Adeonella polystomella (Reuss 1848)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Cellaria salicornioides
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Schizotheca fissa (Busk 1856)
Sertella cellulosa (Linnaeus 1767)
Umbonula monoceros (Reuss 1848)
Buffonellodes incisa (Reuss 1874)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Palmicellaria aviculifera
Buffonellaria divergens
Buskea dichotoma
Turbicellepora coronopus (Wood 1844)
Celleporina costazi
Omalosecosa ramulosa
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Margarettidae
Margaretta ? cereoides
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella coronata (Audouin 1826)
Microporella ciliata (Pallas 1766)
Calloporina decorata (Reuss 1848)
Fenestrulina malusi
Diporula verrucosa (Peach 1868)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Cribellopora latigastra (David 1949)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Spiroporinidae
Tessaradoma boreale
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Hippomenella mucronelliformis (Waters 1899)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Smittina canavarii (Neviani 1900)
Porella cervicornis (Pallas 1766)
Smittoidea reticulata (MacGillivray 1842)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Chorizoporidae
Chorizopora brongniarti
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Metrarabdotosidae
Metrarabdotos moniliferum
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Chaperiidae
Chaperia annulus (Manzoni 1870)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Parellisina curvirostris
Aplousina bobiesi (David and Pouyet 1974)
Alderina peduncolata
Copidozoum tenuirostre
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Candidae
Scrupocellaria scrupea
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Onychocella angulosa (Reuss 1848)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Calpensia gracilis
Micropora coriacea (Johnston 1847)
Mollia patellaria (Moll 1803)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria palmata (Michelin 1847)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Cribrilaria innominata
Cribrilaria pedunculata
Cribrilaria radiata (Moll 1803)
Figularia figularis (Johnston 1847)
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippoporidridae
Hippopodinella lata
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
Escharina dutertrei (Audouin 1828)
Escharina vulgaris (Moll 1803)
Herentia porosa
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
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:based on nearby landmark
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:Kolymbia
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Gelasian according to presence of G. inflata in underlying Kritika Member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: bryozoan thickets, up to 50 x 20 m in area
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2728
Database number:71243
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-23 00:49:37 Last modified:2015-05-30 14:07:25
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-23 00:49:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23860. N. Spjeldnaes and P. Moissette. 1997. Celleporid (bryozoan) thickets from the Upper Pliocene of the island of Rhodes, Greece. In N. P. James, J. A. D. Clarke (eds.), Cool-Water carbonates 263-270 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

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]