ammonites
Tympana (Miocene of Greece)

Also known as Timpana

Where: Crete, Greece (35.2° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 26.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Achladia Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Marcopoulu-Diacontoni and E. Logos. 2004. The occurrence of the Metaxytherium cuvieri Christol in the Late Miocene Sediments of Sitia, Crete. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 36:764-771 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 110174: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.06.2011