Hydra reef, lagoonal limestones, Greece (Triassic to of Greece)

Where: Greece (37.3° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: "Pantokrator limestone" Formation, Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• well-bedded lagoonal to tidal limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: P. Schäfer and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1982. The Upper Triassic Pantokrator Limestone of Hydra (Greece): An Example of a Prograding Reef Complex. Facies 6:147-164 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 38019: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 31.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
"Thecosmilia" sp.
Cyanophyceae
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Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Zonotrichites
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Zonotrichites sp. Bornemann 1887
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Aulotortus sp. Weynschenk 1956