Aghia Varvara Fm: Messinian, Greece
collected by Tsagaris, Delrieu

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Atlantidae
Protatlanta sp. Tesch 1908
Atlanta sp. Lesueur 1817
Gastropoda - Carinariidae
Carinaria lamarcki PĂ©ron and Lesueur 1810
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Bowdenatheca jamaicensis Collins 1934
Diacria trispinosa (de Blainville 1821)
Cavolinia gypsorum (Bellardi 1873)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817
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]