Pendakomo: Norian, Cyprus

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa - Milleporina - Heterastrididae
see common names

Geography
Country:Cyprus
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 33.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Norian
Age range of interval: 227.3 - 205.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Petra-tou-Roumiou
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Previous age assignment was Carnian-Norian. Assigned to Norian based on index fossil Heterastridium conglobatum (Senowbari-Daryan, B., and Link, M., 2019, Heterastridium (Hydrozoa) from the Norian of Iran and Turkey: Palaeontographica Abteilung A, v. 314, no. 4-6, p. 81-159.)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: reef limestones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 155
Database number:73866
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-07-09 01:38:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-09 01:38:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24803. E. Flügel. 1960. Heterastridium conglobatum conglobatum Reuss, an Upper Triassic hydrozoan from the Petra-tou-Roumiou Limestone of Pendakomo, Cyprus. Journal of Paleontology 34(1):127-132 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]