03-1-24 Parekklisia: Alaunian, Cyprus

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Praehexasaturnalis tenuispinosus (Donofrio and Mostler 1978)
rare category
rare category
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xiphothecaellidae
Xiphotheca longa Kozur and Mock 1981
rare category
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
rare category
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
rare category
Capnodoce sarisa De Wever 1979
common category
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
common category
see common names

Geography
Country:Cyprus
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 33.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Alaunian
Age range of interval: 215.38 - 211.18 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Dhiarizos Formation:Phasoula
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: block of Phasoula Formation in the lower part of the Campanian-Maastrichtian Moni olistostrome, sample 03-1-24 is Middle Norian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified chert
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: thin gray and pink cherty interbeds in small lenses (1-2 m thick) of white, light gray and pink micritic limestones in reddish brown and greenish, strongly transformed volcanics
Environment:basinal (siliceous)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:94794
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-03-17 02:03:40 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-17 02:03:40
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
32319. N. Y. Bragin. 2007. Late Triassic radiolarians of southern Cyprus. Paleontological Journal 41(10):951-1029 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]