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 | |
Tenedocythere cruciata Bonaduce et al. 1986 ostracod
Procytherideis sp. ostracod | |
Pseudocytherura sp. ostracod | |
Callistocythere montana ostracod
Callistocythere "sp. 7" Ruggieri 1953 ostracod | |
Cistacythereis sp. ostracod | |
Bairdoppilata conformis Terquem 1878 ostracod | |
Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod | |
Nonurocythereis semilunum ostracod | |
Cnestocythere sp. ostracod | |
Carinocythereis carinata ostracod
Acanthocythereis histrix ostracod | |
Xestoleberis communis Müller 1894 ostracod
Xestoleberis dispar Müller 1894 ostracod | |
Hemicytherura defiorei, Semicytherura spratti, Semicytherura cf. alifera, Semicytherura "sp.2", Semicytherura "sp.3", Semicytherura "sp.4", Paracytheridea sp., Eucytherura sp., Cytheropteron alatum
Hemicytherura defiorei Ruggieri 1953 ostracod
Semicytherura spratti ostracod
Semicytherura cf. alifera ostracod
Semicytherura "sp.2" ostracod
Semicytherura "sp.3" ostracod
Semicytherura "sp.4" ostracod
Paracytheridea sp. Muller 1894 ostracod
Eucytherura sp. ostracod
Cytheropteron alatum Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Loxoconcha dertobrevis ostracod
Sagmatocythere "sp. 2" ostracod | |
Pseudocythere caudata Sars 1866 ostracod | |
Krithe "sp. 2" Brady et al. 1874 ostracod |