Kottaphi Hill, Koronia reefs, KH1, KH2, northern Cyprus (Miocene of Cyprus)

Also known as Reef 866

Where: Cyprus (35.0° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 32.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Koronia Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Coral reef. Sheetstone clasts within the debris-flows range from cobbles to

•megaboulders (several m across) and are embedded in a fine-grained

•micritic matrix.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: Data cited from Cowper Reed (1935)

Primary reference: G. Coletti, E. M. B., O. M. Bialik, T. Cannings, D. Kroon, A. H. F. Robertson, and D. Basso. 2021. Microfacies evidence for the evolution of Miocene coral-reef environments in Cyprus. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 223599: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.11.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Nubecularidae indet.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet., Rhodophyta indet.
Rhodophyta indet. Wettstein 1922
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinales indet., Neogoniolithon sp., Lithophyllum sp., Lithophyllum dentatum, Titanoderma sp.
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986
Neogoniolithon sp. Setchell and Mason 1943
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
Titanoderma sp. Naegeli 1858
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Acetabularia sp.
Acetabularia sp. Lamouroux 1812
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Neoconorbina sp.
Neoconorbina sp. Hofker 1951
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp.
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp.
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp.
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp., Triloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Homotrema sp.
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804