ammonites
Miamou, Crete Island (Jurassic of Greece)

Also known as Reef 3922

Where: Greece (35.0° N, 24.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Miamou Formation, Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reefal limestone blocks in flysch deposits

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Bonneau, L. Beauvais, and F. A. Middlemiss. 1974. L'unite de Miamou (Crete-Grece) et sa macrofaune d'age Jurassique superieur (Brachiopodes, Madreporaires) [The Miamou Unit (Crete, Greece) and its Upper Jurassic macrofauna (brachiopods, corals)]. Annales Societe Geologique du Nord 94(2):71-85 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85964: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.01.2009