Koronia, Helicon Mountains, Boeotia (Cretaceous of Greece)

Also known as Reef 2642

Where: Greece (38.4° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• patch-reef with fore and back reef area, specimens were collected from the fore-reef
• lower part of profile: sandy-marly deposits, upper part: calcareous layers, main reef: 6 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60368: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.05.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea julistephanovi Zlatarski 1967 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra cf. interrupta de Fromentel 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
""Procyathophora" biedai" = Cryptocoenia biedai
""Procyathophora" biedai" = Cryptocoenia biedai Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina favrei Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena kugleri Wells 1948 stony coral
Dimorpharaea ? catalaunica Reig Oriol 1995 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Thamnoseris "sp. 2" Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae
"Kobyastrea sp." = Kobyastraea
"Kobyastrea sp." = Kobyastraea Roniewicz 1970 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea ? duboisi Karakasch 1907 stony coral