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
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 | |
Gypsina sp. Carter 1877 | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Orbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Anthozoa | |
Cladocora caespitosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
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Columbella rustica snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Chlamys pesfelis, Chlamys sp., "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten jacobaeus, "Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima, Flexopecten flexuosus, Aequipecten ephippium, Aequipecten opercularis, Spondylus gaederopus
Chlamys pesfelis scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten jacobaeus scallop
"Pecten maximus" = Pecten maxima Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Flexopecten flexuosus scallop
Aequipecten ephippium scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Crustacea | |
Crustacea indet. BrĂ¼nnich 1772 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin |