Loc. 4a, Paphos-Polis (Miocene of Cyprus)

Where: Cyprus (34.9° N, 32.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 31.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Idalian series

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• soft white chalks and marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71878: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya vaticana Ponzi 1876 clam
var. fuchsi