PBDB Collection

Marmeiko, Mt. Ptoon, Boeotia (Cretaceous to of Greece)

Also known as Reef 2643

Where: Greece (38.5° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 86.3 Ma)

• Middle Turonian-?Coniacian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• clusters and biostromes of Radiolites and Vaccinites above coquina horizon, two levels with corals

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Steuber. 1999. Cretaceous rudists of Boeotia, Central Greece. Special Papers in Palaeontology 61:5-229 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64253: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Hippuritida - Radiolitidae	Lapeirousella aumalensis, Biradiolites angulosus, Durania cf. montisferrati, Praeradiolites ponsianus, Praeradiolites cf. urnalis, Radiolites lusitanicus, Radiolites praegalloprovincialis, Radiolites sauvagesi, ? Praelapeirousia sp. n. sp. Lapeirousella aumalensis rudist Biradiolites angulosus d'Orbigny 1850 rudist Durania cf. montisferrati rudist Praeradiolites ponsianus rudist Praeradiolites cf. urnalis rudist Radiolites lusitanicus rudist Radiolites praegalloprovincialis Toucas 1908 rudist Radiolites sauvagesi d'Hombres-Firmas 1838 rudist ? Praelapeirousia sp. n. sp. Wiontzek 1934 rudist
Hippuritida - Hippuritidae	Hippuritella resecta, Vaccinites cf. grossouvrei, Vaccinites inferus, Vaccinites ljalintzensis, Vaccinites praegiganteus, Vaccinites praepetrocoriensis, Vaccinites ptoonensis Hippuritella resecta rudist Vaccinites cf. grossouvrei rudist Vaccinites inferus rudist Vaccinites ljalintzensis rudist Vaccinites praegiganteus rudist Vaccinites praepetrocoriensis rudist Vaccinites ptoonensis rudist
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Phyllocoenia pomeli" = Montastrea pomeli "Phyllocoenia pomeli" = Montastrea pomeli Peron and Thomas 1893 stony coral
Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae	Latusastrea polygonalis Latusastrea polygonalis de Fromentel 1862 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Procladocora jamaicaensis" = Cladocora jamaicaensis "Procladocora jamaicaensis" = Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral
Scleractinia - Columastreidae	Columastrea striata Columastrea striata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Synastraeidae	Synastrea sp. Synastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Demospongiae
Hadromerida - Acanthochaetetidae	Diplochaetetes hellenicus Diplochaetetes hellenicus demosponge