Also known as Reef 866
Where: Cyprus (35.1° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 32.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Koronia Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone
•Dolomitisation common in off-reef.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: Data cited from Cowper Reed (1935)
Primary reference: S. Q. Dornbos and M. A. Wilson. 1999. Paleoecology of a Pliocene coral reef in Cyprus: recovery of a marine community from the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 213(1):103-118 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34690: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897 | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris melitensis pencil urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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Cerithium cyprinum cerith snail
Cerithium kavasiense cerith snail
Cerithium koroniense cerith snail
Cerithium laevisubuloides cerith snail | |
Turritella subangulata turret shell
Turritella turris Basterot 1825 turret shell | |
Nassa sp. Röding 1798 true whelk | |
"Trochus patulus" = Paroxystele patulus Brocchi 1814 top snail
"Trochus rotellaris" = Oxystele rotellaris Michelotti 1847 top snail
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
Diodora italica Defrance 1820 snail | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Bivalvia | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
"Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti, Tapes decussatus, Tapes geographica, Venus basteroti, Venus sp., "Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata, "Circe minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima, Meretrix sp.
"Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam
Tapes decussatus venus clam
Tapes geographica venus clam
Venus basteroti venus clam
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
"Circe minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam | |
Cardilia michelotti clam | |
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Cardium andreae, Cardium arcella, Cardium sp., "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule, "Cardium multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum
Cardium andreae cockle
Cardium arcella cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle | |
Cardita aculeata clam
Cardita koroniensis clam | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Septifer oblitus mussel
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Pecten northamptoni, Chlamys convexior, Chlamys sp., Chlamys submalvinae, Chlamys tauroperstriatus, Spondylus concentrus
Pecten northamptoni scallop
Chlamys convexior scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Chlamys submalvinae scallop
Chlamys tauroperstriatus scallop
Spondylus concentrus scallop | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
Striarca lactea, "Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Arca noae
Striarca lactea clam
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Limopsis anomala clam | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796 | |
Anthozoa | |
Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Tarbellastraea carryensis d'Orbigny 1852 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |