Potamida Section, Sample PotA10 (Miocene of Greece)

Where: Crete, Greece (35.5° N, 23.7° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 23.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: K. Agiadi, A. Antonarakou, G. Kontakiotis, N. Kafousia, P. Moissette, J. J. Cornee, E. Manoutsoglou and V. Karakitsios. 2017. Connectivity controls on the late Miocene eastern Mediterranean fish fauna. International Journal of Earth Sciences 106:1147-1159 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207586: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Beryciformes - Melamphaidae
Scopelogadus sp. Vaillant 1888
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 spotted lanternfish
Lampanyctus latesulcatus Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 lanternfish
Diaphus cavallonis lanternfish
Diaphus rubus lanternfish
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish