Potami village (Miocene)

Geological time
Miocene Pliocene Pleistocene
Potami village (Miocene) Potami village (Miocene) shown on the globe
Age
11.61–5.33 million years ago
Period
Late Miocene
Formation
Pakhna formation (Koronia Member)
Depositional environment
Shallow marine reef. Clear, well-lit trobical-subtropical waters.
Fossil types
Bivalves, gastropods, corals, echinoids and calcareous algae
Paleoecology highlights
Reef-associated shallow-marine community, with corals and calcareous algae buildups and abundant molluscs and echinoids living around them. The fragmented shells indicate at least some wave/current reworking.

During the Miocene, the area near modern Potami lay beneath a warm, shallow sea, where carbonate-rich sediments accumulated in a reef-associated environment. Corals and calcareous algae formed reef-like buildups across the seafloor, providing habitat for abundant bivalves, gastropods, echinoids, and other marine organisms. Waves and currents periodically broke and reworked shells and other skeletal remains, producing the fossil-rich bioclastic limestone preserved today.

Artistic depiction of Animalia

Animalia

 4 specimens
Artistic depiction of Bivalvia

Bivalvia

 6 specimens
Artistic depiction of Gastropoda

Gastropoda

 1 specimen
Artistic depiction of Unclassified

Unclassified

 4 specimens
Artistic depiction of Venus

Venus

 1 specimen