GECO-50, S Crete (Pleistocene of Greece)

Where: Greece (34.8° N, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 25.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified framestone and lime mudstone

• Desmophyllum-Caryophyllia framestone embedded in a micritic-cemented muddy-sandy matrix; pelagic mudstone and wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: M. Taviani, A. Vertino, M. Lopez Correa, A. Savini, B. De Mol, A. Remia, P. Montagna, L. Angeletti, H. Zibrowius, T. Alves, M. Salomidi, B. Ritt, and P. Henry. 2011. Pleistocene to recent scleractinian deep-water corals and coral facies in the eastern Mediterranean. Facies 57:579-603 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124214: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia sarsiae, Trochocyathus mediterraneus, Desmophyllum dianthus
Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius 1974 stony coral
Trochocyathus mediterraneus Zibrowius 1980 stony coral
Desmophyllum dianthus Esper 1794 stony coral
 Alcyonacea - Isididae
Keratoisis sp.
Keratoisis sp. Wright 1869
 Stolonifera -
Scyphopodium ingolfi
Scyphopodium ingolfi organ pipe coral