Mavros-Molos (Miocene of Greece)
Where: Crete, Greece (35.5° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 22.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Teeth from the Museum of the University of Athens
Primary reference: N. K. Symeonidis and O. Schultz. 1973. Bemerkungen zur neogenen Fischfauna Kretas und Beschreibung zweier Fundstellen mit miozänen Mollusken, Echiniiden etc., Insel Kreta, Griechenland. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 77:141-147 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details
PaleoDB collection 162723: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 02.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897 | |
| Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster portentosus, Clypeaster tauricus, Clypeaster altus, Clypeaster lamberti, Clypeaster intermedius, Clypeaster campanulatus
Clypeaster portentosus sand dollar
Clypeaster tauricus sand dollar
Clypeaster altus sand dollar
Clypeaster lamberti sand dollar
Clypeaster intermedius sand dollar
Clypeaster campanulatus sand dollar | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Amussium cristatum" = Amusium, Pecten praebenedictus, Chlamys solarium, Chlamys latissima, Chlamys bollenensis
"Amussium cristatum" = Amusium scallop
Pecten praebenedictus scallop
Chlamys solarium scallop
Chlamys latissima scallop
Chlamys bollenensis scallop | |