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