Loc. 3, Limassol-Paphos (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 71880: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia cf. nitida Brocchi 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) besseri" = Camptonectes virgatus
"Pecten (Flabellipecten) besseri" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
"Amussium (Variamussium) felsineum" = Parvamussium felsineum
"Amussium (Variamussium) felsineum" = Parvamussium felsineum Foresti 1893 mud scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara
"Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara ark
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Nemocardium) striatulum" = Protocardia (Protocardia) striatulum
"Cardium (Nemocardium) striatulum" = Protocardia (Protocardia) striatulum Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Miltha (Megaxinus) cf. bellardiana" = Megaxinus
"Miltha (Megaxinus) cf. bellardiana" = Megaxinus clam