90-28-1 Dhiarizos River (Triassic of Cyprus)

Where: Cyprus (34.7° N, 32.6° E: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 26.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vlambouros Formation (Ayios Photios Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed 2, Late Norian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone

• bed 2: gray and greenish gray, fine-grained sandstones, with frequent interbeds of gray micritic limestones and pink calcarenites

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: N. Y. Bragin. 2007. Late Triassic radiolarians of southern Cyprus. Paleontological Journal 41(10):951-1029 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94799: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Tetraspinocyrtiidae
Lysemelas olbia Sugiyama 1997 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella longa Yoshida 1986 radiolarian
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Livarella inflata Yeh 1992 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Praemesosaturnalis convertus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Praemesosaturnalis quadriradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Praemesosaturnalis nobleae Tekin 2002 radiolarian
Praemesosaturnalis acanthicus n. sp. Bragin 2007 radiolarian
Praemesosaturnalis validus Donofrio and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
Praemesosaturnalis zapfei Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Praemesosaturnalis gracilis Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
Neopaurinella sevatica Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Sarla vizcainoensis Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian