Also known as ~Sample V2

Where: Greece (35.3° N, 25.3° E: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 25.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Finikia Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Collection from 3.40 m of laminated marls alternating with loose sandstones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; unlithified marl and calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Molluscan assemblages were collected by the authors. No repository is stated, but could well be at the University of Athens, Greece.

Primary reference: M. D. Dermitzakis and M.V. Triantaphyllou. 1997. Biostratigraphical observations in Plicoene deposits of Heraklion Province. Geologie Mediterraneenne 24(1-2):15-26 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51509: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.06.2005

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