Doutsiko II, Mesohellenic Basin (Oligocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (40.1° N, 21.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eptachorion Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; brown, green marl and sandstone

• Associated gastropods indicate a lagoonal setting with the occurrence of seagrass.
• The coral layer follows above green to brown marls with thin sandstone intercalations...Acropora branches are enclosed in a marly matrix forming rudstone..

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: F. Schuster. 2002. Oligocene scleractinian corals from Doutsiko (Mesohellenic Basin, northwestern Greece). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 239:83-127 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79641: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 17.03.2008, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Dilatilabrum) roegli
Strombus (Dilatilabrum) roegli Harzhauser 2001 true conch
10 shells
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria sp., Leptoria bithecata n. sp., Tarbellastraea hamedanii, Antiguastrea lucasiana, Hydnophora pulchra, Favites oligocenica
Leptoria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Leptoria bithecata n. sp. Schuster 2002 stony coral
Tarbellastraea hamedanii Schuster 2002 stony coral
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
Hydnophora pulchra Michelotti 1871 stony coral
Favites oligocenica Chevalier 1955 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
2
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria sp.
Diploria sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pavona bronni
Pavona bronni Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp., Porites sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp., Astreopora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora conferta
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea sp.
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia gregaria
Agathiphyllia gregaria Catullo 1852 stony coral