Loc. 5, Kolossi-Trimiklini (Miocene of Cyprus)

Where: Cyprus (34.8° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 32.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Idalian series, probably Serravallian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl and lithified, argillaceous limestone

• impure soft chalky marls and argillaceous limestones, often gritty, containing sand grains and small pebbles, of a pale greenish or yellowish colour

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 71881: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella terebralis Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Carinariidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella sp., "? Cuvieria sp." = Cuvierina
Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800 snail
"? Cuvieria sp." = Cuvierina Boas 1886 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda (Jupitera) ? concava" = Nuculana, "Leda (Ledina) ? bonellii" = Ledina
"Leda (Jupitera) ? concava" = Nuculana pointed nut clam
"Leda (Ledina) ? bonellii" = Ledina pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte solidula clam
var. tauroscalarata
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina balaustina Linnaeus 1767 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amussium anconitanum" = Amusium, Pecten concavus
"Amussium anconitanum" = Amusium scallop
var. prodalli
Pecten concavus scallop
var. khalasensis
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Pectunculus ? textus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus ? textus" = Glycymeris clam