Where: Greece (35.1° N, 24.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 24.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Erly Tortonian.
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, silty claystone
•Sample comes from the silty clays that overlie the uppermost
•coral reef.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. Faranda, P. Cipollari, D. Cosentino, E. Gliozzi, and G. Pipponzi. 2008. Late Miocene ostracod assemblages from eastern Mediterranean coral reef complexes (central Crete, Greece). Revue de micropaléontologie (51)287-308 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 138333: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 14.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella scutulum ostracod | |
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod | |
Bairdoppilata conformis Terquem 1878 ostracod | |
Nonurocythereis semilunum ostracod | |
Xestoleberis communis Müller 1894 ostracod
Xestoleberis dispar Müller 1894 ostracod | |
Acanthocythereis histrix ostracod
Carinocythereis carinata ostracod | |
Krithe "sp. 2" Brady et al. 1874 ostracod | |
Eucytherura sp., Cytheropteron alatum, Paracytheridea sp., Hemicytherura defiorei, Semicytherura spratti, Semicytherura cf. alifera, Semicytherura "sp.2", Semicytherura "sp.3", Semicytherura "sp.4"
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Cytheropteron alatum Sars 1866 ostracod
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Hemicytherura defiorei Ruggieri 1953 ostracod
Semicytherura spratti ostracod
Semicytherura cf. alifera ostracod
Semicytherura "sp.2" ostracod
Semicytherura "sp.3" ostracod
Semicytherura "sp.4" ostracod | |
Loxoconcha dertobrevis ostracod
Sagmatocythere "sp. 2" ostracod | |
Pseudocythere caudata Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Cnestocythere sp. ostracod | |
Pseudocytherura sp. ostracod | |
Callistocythere montana ostracod
Callistocythere "sp. 7" Ruggieri 1953 ostracod | |
Procytherideis sp. ostracod
Cistacythereis sp. ostracod
Tenedocythere cruciata Bonaduce et al. 1986 ostracod |