Plimiri, Rhodes Island, red algal reef (Pleistocene of Greece)

Also known as Reef 3942

Where: Greece (35.9° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gialos Algal Biolithite Member (Lindos Acropolis Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• MIS 6-5e, 135-120 ka (ESR dated)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• water depths 20-50 m
• red algal reef (10 m thick, 450 m lateral extension) developed on a detrital sediment (=coralligene de plateau)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. Titschak, C. S. Nelson, T. Beck, A. Freiwald, and U. Radtke. 2008. Sedimentary evolution of a Late Pleistocene temperate red algal reef (Coralligene) on Rhodes, Greece: correlation with global sea-level fluctuations. Sedimentology 55:1747-1776 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88773: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Gypsina sp. Carter 1877
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Orbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides sp. Cushman 1927
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone
subsp. lamellosa
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet. BrĂ¼nnich 1772
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin