Cape Vagia, sample 4: Gelasian, Greece
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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Gryphus sp.
Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina retusa
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Novocrania anomala
(Muller 1776)
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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
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 association of Gryphus sp., Terebratulina retusa, and Novocrania anomala points to a depth of more than 120 m of moderate energy." | |
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: | 153690 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, M. Manojlovic |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-01-07 21:07:17 | Last modified: | 2015-05-30 14:06:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-01-07 21:07:17 |
| 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] |