Amnissos: Piacenzian, Greece
collected by Richard Weixler 1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Dasyatoidea indet. Whitley 1940
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. (Müller 1846)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817
Spratelloides cf. gracilis (Temminck and Schlegel 1846)
Sardina cf. pilchardus (Walbaum 1792)
Alosa cf. elongata Agassiz 1842
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus cf. muelleri (Gmelin 1789)
original and current combination Salmo muelleri
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophidae indet. Gill 1893
Argyriou 2022
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson 1845)
Agiadi 2020
Myctophum sp. Rafinesque 1810
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Lesueurigobius suerii
Agiadi 2020
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
? Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802
Caranx sp. Lacépède 1802
Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae
? Scomberesox sp. Lacépède 1803
Belone sp. Oken 1816
Actinopteri - Perciformes
Percoidei indet. (Bleeker 1859)
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranus sp. Cuvier 1817
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Boops sp. Cuvier 1814
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Monacanthidae indet.
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet. (Cuvier 1816)
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet. (Rafinesque 1815)
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Scomberomorus sp. Lacépède 1802
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Lepidopus sp. Gouan 1770
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus cf. albyi Sauvage 1870
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Centriscidae
Amphisile cf. strigata
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Dactylopteridae
Dactylopterus sp.
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros cf. albyi (Sauvage 1880)
original and current combination Podopteryx albyi
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Gadella sp. Lowe 1843
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Micromesistius sp. Gill 1863
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece State/province:Crete County:Herakleion
Coordinates: 35.3° North, 25.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 25.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:diatomaceous mudstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Collectors:Richard Weixler Collection dates:1990
Metadata
Database number:207303
Authorizer:E. Vlachos, M. Uhen Enterer:E. Vlachos, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2020-01-06 12:33:27 Last modified:2021-12-14 13:53:00
Access level:the public Released:2020-01-06 12:33:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
71412. J. Gaudant. 2001. Amnissos: un gisement clé pour la connaissance de l'ichthyofaune du Pliocène supérieur de Crète. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 102:131-187 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

71566 K. Agiadi. 2020. The fossil otolith record of fishes (Vertebrata: Teleostei) in Greece. In E. Vlachos (ed.), The Fossil Vertebrates of Greece [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
78793 T. Argyriou. 2022. The Fossil Record of Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii) in Greece. Fossil Vertebrates of Greece 1:91-142 [M. Uhen/S. Brown/M. Uhen]