@article{ff98eb260dd24c318c0314728323391d,
title = "Faune corallienne d{\textquoteright}{\^a}ge C{\'e}nomanien inf{\'e}rieur de Nea Nikopoli (Kozani, Gr{\`e}ce;Cr{\'e}tac{\'e}).",
abstract = "A Lower Cenomanian marine succession rich in corals is reported from the western margin of the Pelagonian zone in central Greece. The succession starts with a coarse conglomerate followed by sandstone, nodular limestone and massive limestone. Fifteen levels contain corals with the nodular limestone being the most species-rich. As a total, 78 species in 46 genera are described. They belong to 15 superfamilies. Three genera and four species are described as new. The new genera belong to the families Heterocoeniidae and Felixaraeidae, and the informal Plesiosmiliids. The record of six genera results in stratigraphical range extensions. The coral associations show more relationships to Lower than to Upper Cretaceous faunas. Thirty-nine genera already existed before the Cenomanian and 33 genera continued into the Middle Cenomanian, but only 19 genera persisted into the Turonian. The coral fauna has close palaeobiogeographic relationships with mainly Boreal or North Tethyan Cenomanian faunas such as those of the Aquitanian Basin, the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, or with faunas from the northern margin of the Rhenish Massif, but shares also species with the Upper Aptian to Lower Albian of the Bisbee Basin in North America and with faunas of the Lower to Middle Albian of the Northern Pyrenees.",
keywords = "Corals, Cretaceous, Greece, New taxa, Scleractinia, Taxonomy",
author = "Hannes L{\"o}ser and Thomas Steuber and Christian L{\"o}ser",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to Danielle DECROUEZ (Geneva) for determining the orbitolinid foraminifers, and Heinz KOLLMANN (Vienna) for commenting on the stratigraphic value of the nerineid gastropods from the outcrop area. We wish to thank numerous colleagues who allowed us to examine coral (type) material of their collections. Fieldwork and the preparation of thin sections were financed by DFG project FL42-73. Further funds for preparing thin sections were kindly provided by PAPIITDGAPA project IN101111 (UNAM, Mexico). Additional thin sections were carefully prepared by Aim{\'e}e ORC{\'I} (Hermosillo). English language correction (Material and methods, Systematic part, Discussion) by Proof-Reading-Service (Letchworth Garden City, UK). Comments by an anonymous reviewer are acknowledged. Funding Information: We are grateful to Danielle DECROUEZ (Geneva) for determining the orbitolinid foraminifers, and Heinz KOLLMANN (Vienna) for commenting on the stratigraphic value of the nerineid gastropods from the outcrop area. We wish to thank numerous colleagues who allowed us to examine coral (type) material of their collections. Fieldwork and the preparation of thin sections were financed by DFG project FL42-73. Further funds for preparing thin sections were kindly provided by PAPIIT-DGAPA project IN101111 (UNAM, Mexico). Additional thin sections were carefully prepared by Aim{\'e}e ORC{\'I} (Hermosillo). English language correction (Material and methods, Systematic part, Discussion) by Proof-Reading-Service (Letchworth Garden City, UK). Comments by an anonymous reviewer are acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Carnets de Geologie. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.4267/2042/66094",
language = "French",
volume = "18",
pages = "23--121",
journal = "Carnets de Geologie",
issn = "1765-2553",
publisher = "Carnets de Geologie",
number = "3",
}