Where: Cyprus (34.7° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 32.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Idalian series, probably Serravallian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl and lithified, argillaceous limestone
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 71880: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Cerithium aff. obsoletum cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia cf. nitida Brocchi 1814 clam | |
"Miltha (Megaxinus) cf. bellardiana" = Megaxinus
"Miltha (Megaxinus) cf. bellardiana" = Megaxinus clam | |
"Cardium (Nemocardium) striatulum" = Protocardia (Protocardia) striatulum
"Cardium (Nemocardium) striatulum" = Protocardia (Protocardia) striatulum Sowerby 1829 cockle | |
"Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara
"Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara ark | |
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) besseri" = Camptonectes virgatus
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) besseri" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop | |
"Amussium (Variamussium) felsineum" = Parvamussium felsineum
"Amussium (Variamussium) felsineum" = Parvamussium felsineum Foresti 1893 mud scallop | |
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear Poli 1795 oyster |