Where: Rhodes, Greece (36.4° N, 28.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 28.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kritika Member (Rhodes Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; claystone and fine-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Primary reference: P. Moissette, E. Koskeridou, J.-J. Cornee, F. Guillocheau, and C. Lecuyer. 2007. Spectacular preservation of seagrasses and seagrass-associated communities from the Pliocene of Rhodes, Greece. Palaios 22(2):200-211 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 122994: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Florideophyceae | |
Angiospermae | |
Posidonia oceanica Linnaeus 1758 | |
Foraminifera | |
Discorbinella bertheloti d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
Planorbulina acervalis Brady 1884 | |
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Nodosariata | |
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus, Nucula sulcata
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam
Nucula sulcata Bronn 1831 nut clam | |
Spaniorinus sp. Dall 1899 clam | |
Ervillia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam | |
Erycina sp. Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Thracia papyracea Poli 1795 clam | |
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Anodontia fragiliss clam | |
Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Barbatia pulchella, "Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Barbatia pulchella clam
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, Palliolum excisum, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, "Lissopecten hyalinus" = Flexopecten
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Palliolum excisum scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
"Lissopecten hyalinus" = Flexopecten scallop | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Lima inflata file clam
Notolimea sp. Iredale 1924 file clam | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Clio sp. Linnaeus 1767 snail
Cavolinia gibbosa snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail | |
Tornus sp. Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Gibberula miliaria snail | |
Nassarius limatus true whelk | |
Janthina fragilis wentletrap | |
Tricolia speciosa snail | |
Calliostoma laugieri, Calliostoma zizyphinum, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula umbilicaris, Jujubinus striatus
Calliostoma laugieri top snail
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Gibbula ardens top snail
Gibbula fanulum top snail
Gibbula umbilicaris top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail | |
Polychaeta | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Cryptosula pallasiana Moll 1803 | |
Escharina vulgaris Moll 1803 | |
Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796 | |
Trypostega rugulosa Reuss 1874 | |
Schizomavella auriculata Hassall 1842 | |
Schizoporella longirostris Hincks 1886 | |
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895 | |
Ostracoda | |
"Pontocythere elongata" = Cushmanidea, Cyprideis torosa
"Pontocythere elongata" = Cushmanidea ostracod
Cyprideis torosa ostracod | |
Loxoconcha cf. affinis ostracod
Loxoconcha elliptica ostracod
Loxoconcha stellifera Mueller 1894 ostracod | |
Carinocythereis sp. ostracod | |
Xestoleberis communis Müller 1894 ostracod |