Miamou, Crete Island (Jurassic of Greece)

Also known as Reef 3922

Where: Greece (35.0° N, 24.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.6° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miamou Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reefal limestone blocks in flysch deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Bonneau, L. Beauvais, and F. A. Middlemiss. 1974. L'unite de Miamou (Crete-Grece) et sa macrofaune d'age Jurassique superieur (Brachiopodes, Madreporaires) [The Miamou Unit (Crete, Greece) and its Upper Jurassic macrofauna (brachiopods, corals)]. Annales Societe Geologique du Nord 94(2):71-85 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85964: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Axinellida - Cladocoropsidae
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Cryptocoenia minima" = Etallonasteria minima
"Cryptocoenia minima" = Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraraeidae
"Diplaraea elegans" = Haplaraea elegans
"Diplaraea elegans" = Haplaraea elegans Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia uricornis Milaschewitz 1876 stony coral
Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral
Montlivaltia turgida Milaschewitz 1876 stony coral
Montlivaltia gigas de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Montlivaltia cf. tubicina Koby 1883 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Semeloseris asteroussiensis n. sp. Bonneau et al. 1974 stony coral
Microsolena julii Etallon 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Acrosmilia gregoryi" = Trochoplegmopsis gregoryi Koby 1905 stony coral
Fungiastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
Dimorphastrea heteromorpha Quenstedt 1858 stony coral
Dimorphastrea concentrica Becker 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cryptocoenia nivernensis Beauvais 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina valfinensis Etallon 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria nicoleti Koby 1887 stony coral
Dimorphofungia aubouini n. gen. n. sp. Bonneau et al. 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pleurostylina corallina de Fromentel 1856 stony coral
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
""Terebratula" ? immanis" = Tropeothyris immanis
""Terebratula" ? immanis" = Tropeothyris immanis Zeuschner 1857
 Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Ismenia pectunculoides Schlotheim 1820