Loc. 10, cliffs near Curium (Miocene of Cyprus)
Where: Cyprus (34.7° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 32.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Idalian series
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• hard shelly limestones, very fossiliferous
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 71883: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis clam | |
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris, "Arca (Pectinatarca) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris Da Costa 1778 clam
"Arca (Pectinatarca) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
"Arca (Barbatia) barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara
"Arca (Barbatia) barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Miltha (Megaxinus) transversa, "Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella, Lucina fragilis, Lucina (Dentilucina) meneghini, Lucina (Dentilucina) tumida, Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera
Miltha (Megaxinus) transversa Bronn 1831 clam
"Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam
Lucina fragilis clam
Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera Montagu 1803 clam | |
Poromya tauromagna clam | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Cardium sp., "Cardium (Plagiocardium) hirsutum" = Afrocardium hirsutum
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Plagiocardium) hirsutum" = Afrocardium hirsutum Bronn 1831 cockle | |
? Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Meretrix (Callista) sp." = Callista, "Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola), "Venus (Timoclea) ovata" = Timoclea ovata
"Meretrix (Callista) sp." = Callista Poli 1791 venus clam
"Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola) venus clam
"Venus (Timoclea) ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella turris Basterot 1825 turret shell |