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
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 | |
Miltha (Megaxinus) cf. transversa Bronn 1831 clam | |
"Arca (Anomalocardia) umbonaria" = Anomalocardia, Venus (Ventricola) multilamella
"Arca (Anomalocardia) umbonaria" = Anomalocardia venus clam
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Argiope (Megathyris) cf. detruncata" = Megathiris detruncata
"Argiope (Megathyris) cf. detruncata" = Megathiris detruncata Gmelin 1791 |