Where: Zakynthos, Greece (37.7° N, 20.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 20.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: sieve
Primary reference: V. Karakitsios, M. Roveri, S. Lugli, V. Manzi, R. Gennari, A. Antonarakou, M. Triantaphyllou, K. Agiadi, G. Kontakiotis, N. Kafousia, and M. Rafelis. 2017. A record of the Messinian salinity crisis in the eastern Ionian tectonically active domain . Basin Research 29:203-233 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207583: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 20.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Umbilicosphaera | |
Umbilicosphaera jafari Muller 1974 | |
Helicosphaera carteri | |
Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Actinopteri | |
Myctophum coppa lanternfish
Diaphus cavallonis lanternfish
Diaphus rubus lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish
Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 Madeira lantern fish | |
Physiculus aff. huloti Poll 1953 | |
Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot 1850 silvery pout | |
"Diaphus cf. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus
"Diaphus cf. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus Robba 1970 toadfish | |
Lepidopus caudatus Euphrasen 1788 | |
Buglossidium sp. Chabanaud 1930 flatfish | |
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside | |
Otolithes | |
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905 | |
Calcidiscus leptoporus Murray and Blackman 1898 |