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Vardiana, Kissamos, Chania, Crete, Greece
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.45,23.6667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kissamos, Chania, Crete, Greece |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Vardiana, Crete, Greece | Baron-Szabo R. C. (1995) | Koukounaras | framestone | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Tarbellastraea carryensis species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea : Tarbellastraea carryensis | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Favites neglecta species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites neglecta | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
Corallinaceae family | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae | 11.62 - 7.246 Ma Miocene |
References
Baron-Szabo R. C. (1995) Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Late Miocene corals of NW-Crete (Gramvoússa, Roka- and Koukounaras-Fms.), Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E16, 569-577 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!