TORTONIAN CLYPEASTER FAUNA (ECHINOIDEA: CLYPEASTEROIDA) FROM GAVDOS ISLAND (GREECE

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Published: Jun 8, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.16531
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Tortonian Clypeaster Gavdos taxonomy
N. Tsaparas
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Department of Hist. Geology - Paleontology
A. Antonarakou
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Department of Hist. Geology - Paleontology
A. Marcopoulou-Diakantoni
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Department of Hist. Geology - Paleontology
M. D. Dermitzakis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Department of Hist. Geology - Paleontology
H. Drinia
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Department of Hist. Geology - Paleontology
Abstract

The Tortonian sediments of Gavdos Island (Greece) contain a rich and diverse echinoidfauna. Clypeasteroid (sand dollars) echinoids are an important component of this fauna and sixteen taxa are recognized. Of these, eleven species are new records for Gavdos Island. The present paper is an annotated species list along with notes on certain aspects of the ecology of the determined echinoderms.

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