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 | |
Gastropoda | |
Bittium reticulatum cerith snail | |
Tricolia pullus pullus snail | |
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Posidonia oceanica Linnaeus 1758 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Tubothalamea | |
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Globulina gibba d'Orbigny 1832 | |
Globothalamea | |
Rosalina globularis d'Orbigny 1826
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Discorbinella bertheloti d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny 1826
Planorbulina acervalis Brady 1884 | |
Gastropoda | |
Tricolia speciosa snail | |
Jujubinus striatus, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula umbilicaris, Calliostoma laugieri, Calliostoma zizyphinum
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Gibbula ardens top snail
Gibbula fanulum top snail
Gibbula umbilicaris top snail
Calliostoma laugieri top snail
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail | |
Tornus sp. Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Circulus sp. Jeffreys 1842 snail | |
Nassarius limatus snail | |
Gibberula miliaria snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Janthina fragilis snail | |
Cavolinia gibbosa snail
Clio sp. Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Anodontia fragiliss clam | |
Spaniorinus sp. Dall 1899 clam | |
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Erycina sp. Lamarck 1805 clam | |
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam | |
Ervillia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Thracia papyracea Poli 1795 clam | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Lissopecten hyalinus" = Flexopecten, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Palliolum excisum, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia
"Lissopecten hyalinus" = Flexopecten scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Palliolum excisum scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Lima inflata file clam
Notolimea sp. Iredale 1924 file clam | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Barbatia pulchella, "Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Barbatia pulchella clam
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Nucula sulcata, "Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
Nucula sulcata Bronn 1831 nut clam
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Escharina vulgaris Moll 1803 | |
Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796 | |
Cryptosula pallasiana Moll 1803 | |
Trypostega rugulosa Reuss 1874 | |
Schizomavella auriculata Hassall 1842 | |
Schizoporella longirostris Hincks 1886 | |
Rhynchozoon sp. Hincks 1895 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Sedentaria | |
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
Ostracoda | |
Loxoconcha cf. affinis ostracod
Loxoconcha elliptica ostracod
Loxoconcha stellifera Mueller 1894 ostracod | |
"Pontocythere elongata" = Cushmanidea, Cyprideis torosa
"Pontocythere elongata" = Cushmanidea ostracod
Cyprideis torosa ostracod | |
Carinocythereis sp. ostracod | |
Xestoleberis communis Müller 1894 ostracod | |