Where: Greece (40.0° N, 21.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 19.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eptachorion Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Eptachorion Fm. Details given by Wielandt-Schuster et al. (2004). THICKNESS: Unknown thickness. AGE: Eptachorion Fm is Late Rupelian to Late Chattian at this section based on planktonic foraminfera, corresponding to biozones P20-P21 (Barbieri 1992) and to NP 24 (Zygojanni and Müller, 1982) based on nannoplankton. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: F. Steininger and M. Harzhauser (~2004). REPOSITORY: Museum of Natural History, Viena (MNHW).
Primary reference: M. Harzhauser. 2004. Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248:93-181 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76195: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella (Peyrotia) strangulata Grateloup 1847 turret shell | |
Terebralia bidentata Defrance 1832 horn snail | |
"Strombus (Lentigo) radix" = Persististrombus radix
"Strombus (Lentigo) radix" = Persististrombus radix Brongniart 1823 true conch | |
cf. Streptodictyon subelongatus d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
Melongena laxecarinata snail | |
Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell | |
Lyria anceps Michelotti 1861 volute | |
Prozonarina maxima Grateloup 1847 cowry
Proadusta parvitala Sacco 1894 cowry
Proadusta cf. inaequilabiata Sacco 1894 cowry | |
"Xenophora cf. cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans
"Xenophora cf. cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans Brongniart 1823 carrier shell | |
Neverita olla De Serres 1829 moon snail | |
Nerita (Theliostyla) plutonis Basterot 1825 snail |