Aghia Varvara Fm: Messinian, Greece
collected by Tsagaris, Delrieu
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Atlantidae
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Protatlanta sp.
Tesch 1908
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Atlanta sp.
Lesueur 1817
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Gastropoda
- Carinariidae
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Carinaria lamarcki
PĂ©ron and Lesueur 1810
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Bowdenatheca jamaicensis
Collins 1934
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Diacria trispinosa
(de Blainville 1821)
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Cavolinia gypsorum
(Bellardi 1873)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Limacinidae
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Limacina sp.
Bosc 1817
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Greece |
Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 25.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 25.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Vrysses | Formation: | Aghia Varvara | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Aghia Varvara Fm of the Vrysses Gp. AGE: Early Messinian on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy (N17). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple localities or beds in Heraklion Basin. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination,yellow lithified marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Laminated yellow marls. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens. | |
Environment: | deep-water indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deep-water. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Collectors: | Tsagaris, Delrieu |
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: S. Tsagaris and B. Delrieu. REPOSITORY: MNHNP, Paris. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited, only includes holoplanktonic gastropods. NOMENCLATUTURE: Authoritative publication, with species level assignments. |
Metadata
Database number: | 76986 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-12-12 17:45:31 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-12-12 17:45:31 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26042. | I. Zorn. 1997. Holoplanktonic gastropods from the early Messinian of the Heraklion Basin (Crete, Greece). Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 34(1-2):31-45 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |