Where: Rhodes, Greece (36.3° N, 28.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 28.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Lindos Bay Formation, Gelasian to Gelasian (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• The lower part of the sequence consists of 6 m limestones of the Kolymbia Formation, followed by 20 m marls of the Lindos Bay Formation, unconformably capped by a calcarenite corresponding to the Cape Arkhangelos Formation. One sample (Vag1) was taken from the Kolymbia Formation and seven samples (Vag2–8) from the Lindos Bay Formation.
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Primary reference: K. Agiadi, A. Girone, E. Koskeridou, P. Moissette, J. J. Cornee and F. Quillevere. 2018. Pleistocene marine fish invasions and paleoenvironmental reconstructions in the eastern Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews 196:80-99 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207569: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Engraulis encrasicolus Linnaeus 1758 | |
Actinopteri | |
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside | |
Lobianchia dofleini, Lampanyctus crocodilus, Diaphus taaningi, Diaphus holti, Hygophum benoiti, Benthosema glaciale, Notoscopelus elongatus, Ceratoscopelus maderensis
Lobianchia dofleini Zugmayer 1911 Dofleini's lanternfish
Lampanyctus crocodilus Risso 1810 lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish
Diaphus holti Taaning 1918 small lantern fish
Hygophum benoiti Cocco 1838 Benoit's lanternfish
Benthosema glaciale Reinhardt 1837 glacier lantern fish
Notoscopelus elongatus Costa 1844 lanternfish
Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 Madeira lantern fish | |
Micromesistius poutassou Risso 1827 blue whiting
Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot 1850 silvery pout
Gaidropsarus sp. Rafinesque 1810 | |
Cepola macrophthalma perch-like fish | |
Dentex sp. Cuvier 1815 perch-like fish
Oblada melanura perch-like fish | |
Aphia minuta perch-like fish | |
Grammonus ater Risso 1810 | |
Carapus acus Brünnich 1768 | |
Gobius cf. paganellus, Pomatoschistus sp., Lesueurigobius friesii, Lesueurigobius suerii, Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus
Pomatoschistus sp. Gill 1864 goby | |
Arnoglossus kokeni Basoli and Schubert 1906 flatfish | |
Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 silverside | |
Scopelarchus analis Brauer 1902 | |
Sardinella maderensis herring | |
Nettastomatidae indet. Jordan and Davis 1891 eel | |
Pseudophichthys splendens conger eel | |
Otolithes | |
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905 |