PBDB Collection

Perakhorion, Helicon Mountains, Boeotia (Cretaceous of Greece)

Also known as Reef 3439

Where: Greece (38.5° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• ophiolithic conglomerates, highly wheathered, paraautochthonous limestone lenses and blocks in the upper part

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: H. Löser and M. Raeder. 1995. Aptian/Albian coral assemblages of the Helicon Mountains (Boeotia, Greece): palaeontological, palaeoecological and palaeogeographical aspects. Coral Research Bulletin 4:37-63 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60374: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.05.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Hippuritida - Polyconitidae	? Horiopleura juxi n. sp.³ ? Horiopleura juxi n. sp.³ rudist
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastrea aequibernensis Actinastrea aequibernensis Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Actinaraea cf. robusta Actinaraea cf. robusta Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Scleractinia - Opisthophyllidae	Pseudopisthophyllum quinqueseptatum Pseudopisthophyllum quinqueseptatum Turnsek 1976 stony coral misspelled as Pseudopistophyllum quinqueseptatum
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Amphiaulastrea guiscardii, Hykeliphyllum sp. Amphiaulastrea guiscardii stony coral Hykeliphyllum sp. Eliasova 1975 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Phyllocoenia cf. frondescens" = Montastraea "Phyllocoenia cf. frondescens" = Montastraea stony coral
Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae	Columnocoenia cf. ksiazkiewiczi Columnocoenia cf. ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral subsp.
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Microsolena ? minima, Microsolena cf. tuberosa, Microsolena cf. agariciformis Microsolena ? minima stony coral Microsolena cf. tuberosa Michelin 1843 stony coral Microsolena cf. agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	"Latiastraea cf. provalei" = Latiastrea, Thamnoseris "sp. 1", Ellipsocoenia lorioli, Fungiastraea ? brevipes, Fungiastraea mirabilis, Microphyllia "sp. 1" "Latiastraea cf. provalei" = Latiastrea stony coral Thamnoseris "sp. 1" Fromentel 1861 stony coral Ellipsocoenia lorioli Koby 1896 stony coral Fungiastraea ? brevipes stony coral Fungiastraea mirabilis stony coral Microphyllia "sp. 1" d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Scleractinia - Eugyridae	Felixigyra patruliusi, Myriophyllia propria Felixigyra patruliusi Morycowa 1971 stony coral Myriophyllia propria Sikharulidze 1979 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Stylina lamellosa" = Heliocoenia lamellosa, Adelocoenia ? arcensis, Adelocoenia carantonensis, "Stylina carpathica" = Stylina inflata², "Procyathophora" sp.¹ "Stylina lamellosa" = Heliocoenia lamellosa Trautschold 1886 stony coral Adelocoenia ? arcensis Fromentel 1861 stony coral Adelocoenia carantonensis Orbigny 1850 stony coral "Stylina carpathica" = Stylina inflata² Fromentel 1856 stony coral "Procyathophora" sp.¹ Weissermel 1928 stony coral
Chlorophyceae
Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae	Triploporella marsicana³ Triploporella marsicana³
Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae	"Cylindroporella cf. elitzae" = Montiella elitzae³ "Cylindroporella cf. elitzae" = Montiella elitzae³ Bakalova 1971
Foraminifera
Involutinina - Trocholinidae	Trocholina cf. aptiensis³ Trocholina cf. aptiensis³
Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae	Coscinophragma cribrosum³ Coscinophragma cribrosum³ Reuss 1846
Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae	Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) sp.³, Palorbitolina lenticularis³ Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) sp.³ Palorbitolina lenticularis³

¹Kiessling 2008; ²Löser and Ferry 2006; ³Steuber 1999