Loc. 11, Curium: Serravallian, Cyprus

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Arca (Anomalocardia) umbonaria
original and current combination Anomalocardia
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Megaxinus) cf. transversa (Bronn 1831)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argiope (Megathyris) cf. detruncata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Megathiris detruncata
see common names

Geography
Country:Cyprus
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 32.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 32.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Serravallian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Idalian series, probably Serravallian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: impure soft chalky marls and argillaceous limestones, often gritty, containing sand grains and small pebbles, of a pale greenish or yellowish colour
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:71882
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-15 04:00:52 Last modified:2007-05-15 07:00:52
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-15 04:00:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24293.1% 22420F. R. C. Reed. 1935. Notes on the Neogene faunas of Cyprus, II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15(85):1-31 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]