Kotsiania (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Crete, Greece (35.5° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 23.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Teeth from the Museum of the University of Athens

Primary reference: N. K. Symeonidis and O. Schultz. 1973. Bemerkungen zur neogenen Fischfauna Kretas und Beschreibung zweier Fundstellen mit miozänen Mollusken, Echiniiden etc., Insel Kreta, Griechenland. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 77:141-147 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 162722: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 02.10.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis
"Pycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys solarium, "Pecten besseri" = Camptonectes virgatus, "Amussium cristatum" = Amusium
"Pecten besseri" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
"Amussium cristatum" = Amusium scallop
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster altus sand dollar
Clypeaster tauricus sand dollar