Agrostylia, Parnassos (Cretaceous of Greece)

Where: Greece (38.6° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 20.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• Subpelagonian Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, black limestone

• separate coral colonies and debris of coral-bearing, mainly black limestone fragments of various size (even blocks)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Morycowa and A. Marcopoulou-Diacantoni. 2002. Albian corals from the Subpelagonian Zone of Central Greece (Agrostylia, Parnassos region). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 72:1-65 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74811: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea aequibernensis Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
Agrostyliastraea irregularis n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
"Actinastrea major" = Stelidioseris major Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Stylomaeandra sp." = Mesomorpha
"Stylomaeandra sp." = Mesomorpha Pratz 1883 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
"Latusastraeopsis mitzopoulosi" = Elasmocoenia mitzopoulosi Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997 stony coral
Heterocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Paraacanthogyra parnassensis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997 stony coral
Orbignygyra sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Neocoenia subpolygonalis Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Isastreidae
Tricassastraea cf. parnassensis Alloiteau 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905 stony coral
Clausastrea magna Reig Oriol 1997 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Parnassomeandra diacantoniae n. gen. n. sp." = Tortoflabellum diacantoniae
"Parnassomeandra diacantoniae n. gen. n. sp." = Tortoflabellum diacantoniae Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Diplogyra minima Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Myriophyllia propria Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
"Eohydnophora cf. crassa" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) crassa Fromentel 1862 stony coral
Eugyra aff. arasensis Alloiteau 1946 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Columnocoenia bucovinensis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Pleurocora reptans, "Pleurocora aff. alternans" = Pleurocora arachnoides
Pleurocora reptans Pocta 1887 stony coral
"Pleurocora aff. alternans" = Pleurocora arachnoides Knorr and Walch 1777 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Calamophylliopsis fotisalensis Bendukidze 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latomeandra minor Reig Oriol 1995 stony coral
"Latiastraea paronai" = Latiastrea paronai Prever 1909 stony coral
"Ovalastrea baumbergeri" = Latiastrea baumbergeri Koby 1897 stony coral
Latiastraea mucronata Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Ovalastrea cretacea Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
"Plesiofavia dubia" = Ovalastrea dubia de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Mixastraea westfalica Löser 1993 stony coral
Mixastraea polyseptata n. sp. Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aulastraeoporidae
Apoplacophyllia hackemesseri n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
Aulastraeopora aff. deangelisi Prever 1909 stony coral
Aulastraeopora graeca n. sp. Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
Preverastraea sp. Beauvais 1976 stony coral
Preverastraea marinosi n. sp. Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
Preverastraea felixi Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
Preverastraea diplothecata Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
Preverastraea robusta n. sp. Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
Preverastraea isseli Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Amphiaulastrea minima" = Hexamphiastrea minima, "Amphiaulastrea suprema" = Hexamphiastrea suprema, Mitrodendron parnassus n. sp.
"Amphiaulastrea minima" = Hexamphiastrea minima Prever 1909 stony coral
"Amphiaulastrea suprema" = Hexamphiastrea suprema Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997 stony coral
Mitrodendron parnassus n. sp. Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Enallhelia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Heliocoenia triradiata Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Agathelia minor Reig Oriol 1997 stony coral
 Helioporacea - Helioporidae