Loc. 11, Curium (Miocene of Cyprus)

Where: Cyprus (34.7° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 32.1° 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 71882: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Arca (Anomalocardia) umbonaria" = Anomalocardia, Venus (Ventricola) multilamella
"Arca (Anomalocardia) umbonaria" = Anomalocardia venus clam
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
"Argiope (Megathyris) cf. detruncata" = Megathiris detruncata
"Argiope (Megathyris) cf. detruncata" = Megathiris detruncata Gmelin 1791