Cape Greco, LBF and echinoderm facies (Miocene of Cyprus)

Where: Cyprus (35.0° N, 34.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 32.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Terra Member (Pakhna Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; packstone

• moderately sorted packstones, with small amounts of micrite, observed around a small mound

Size class: mesofossils

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 223597: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.11.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet., Ditrupa sp.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
rarely
Ditrupa sp. Berkeley 1835
rarely
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
unclassified
  -
Rhodophyta indet.
Rhodophyta indet. Wettstein 1922
Foraminifera
 Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
"Nephrolepidina sp." = Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp.
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotaliidae indet.
Rotaliidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Operculina sp.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet.
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Foraminifera
  -
Miolepidocyclina sp.
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet.
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Neoconorbina sp.
Neoconorbina sp. Hofker 1951
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp.
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
 Rotaliida - Miogypsinidae
Miogypsina sp.
Miogypsina sp. Sacco 1893