Massif of Cape Papas area (Cretaceous of Greece)

Where: Greece (38.2° N, 21.4° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cape Papas Formation, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• Limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jean Dercourt

Primary reference: J. H. Johnson. 1965. Coralline Algae from the Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Greece. Journal of Paleontology 39(5):802-814 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 143454: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 23.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium mamillosum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium mamillosum" = Lithothamnion