Loc. A, Trimythos trigonometrical point (Miocene of Cyprus)

Where: Cyprus (35.0° N, 33.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 32.7° 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

• soft, finely granular, buff 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 71905: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium cf. papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
"Cardium cf. papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Capsa) lacunosa
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus (Timoclea) ovata" = Timoclea ovata, "Lucinopsis cf. rupestris" = Mysia
"Venus (Timoclea) ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
"Lucinopsis cf. rupestris" = Mysia venus clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Megaxinus) transversa
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita cf. aculeata
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) cf. bosniascki" = Flabellipecten, "Pecten (Manupecten) fasciculatus" = Manupecten fasciculatus, "Pecten (Chlamys) longolaevis" = Chlamys, "Pecten zitteli" = Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) zitteli
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) cf. bosniascki" = Flabellipecten scallop
"Pecten (Manupecten) fasciculatus" = Manupecten fasciculatus Millet 1854 scallop
var. bezieri
"Pecten (Chlamys) longolaevis" = Chlamys scallop
"Pecten zitteli" = Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) zitteli Wohrmann and Koken 1892 scallop
var. mitseroensis
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Pectunculus inflatus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus inflatus" = Glycymeris clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithophagus lithophaga" = Modiola (Lithophagus)
"Lithophagus lithophaga" = Modiola (Lithophagus) mussel
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp.
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell