Spectacular preservation of seagrasses and seagrass-associated communities from the Pliocene of Rhodes, Greece
An exceptionally well-preserved fossil seagrass community occurs in the late Pliocene of the
Greek Island of Rhodes. The siliciclastic deposits of the Kritika section (Kritika Member,
Rhodes Formation) contain several beds of clay and fine-grained sand with abundant
remains of the leaves of Posidonia oceanica. A coarser sand bed with in situ rhizomes of the
same endemic Mediterranean phanerogam also was found. Samples yield a diverse
skeletal assemblage of 121 species of crustose coralline algae, foraminifers, annelids …
Greek Island of Rhodes. The siliciclastic deposits of the Kritika section (Kritika Member,
Rhodes Formation) contain several beds of clay and fine-grained sand with abundant
remains of the leaves of Posidonia oceanica. A coarser sand bed with in situ rhizomes of the
same endemic Mediterranean phanerogam also was found. Samples yield a diverse
skeletal assemblage of 121 species of crustose coralline algae, foraminifers, annelids …
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