Loc. 10, cliffs near Curium: Tortonian, Cyprus
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella turris
Basterot 1825
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Barbatia) barbata
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata | ||||||||||
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Arca (Anadara) turonica
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| original and current combination Anadara | ||||||||||
| var. curialis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Pectunculus sp.
Lamarck 1799
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| synonym of Glycymeris | ||||||||||
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Arca (Pectinatarca) pectinata
Gmelin 1791
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| recombined as Tucetona pectinata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala
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| synonym of Limopsis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Plagiocardium) hirsutum
Bronn 1831
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| recombined as Afrocardium hirsutum | ||||||||||
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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? Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama gryphoides
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus (Timoclea) ovata
Pennant 1777
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| recombined as Timoclea ovata | ||||||||||
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Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa
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| spelled with current rank as Antigona (Ventricola) | ||||||||||
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Meretrix (Callista) sp.
(Poli 1791)
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| original and current combination Callista | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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? Mactra sp.
Linnaeus 1767
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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| recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Poromya tauromagna
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera
Montagu 1803
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Miltha (Megaxinus) transversa
(Bronn 1831)
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Lucina fragilis
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Lucina (Dentilucina) meneghini
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Lucina (Dentilucina) tumida
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Lucina (Linga) columbella
(Lamarck 1818)
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| recombined as Linga (Linga) columbella | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cyprus |
| Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 32.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.2° North, 32.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Idalian series | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: hard shelly limestones, very fossiliferous | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 71883 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-05-15 04:16:03 | Last modified: | 2007-05-15 07:16:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-05-15 04:16:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24293. | 1% 22420 | F. 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] |