Loc. 14K, Kato Moni (Miocene of Cyprus)
Where: Cyprus (35.1° N, 33.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 32.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Koronia Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Idalian series
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• white 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 71902: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007
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Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea | |
Cidaris (Dorocidaris) cf. melitensis pencil urchin | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Lithophagus lithophaga" = Modiola (Lithophagus)
"Lithophagus lithophaga" = Modiola (Lithophagus) mussel | |
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
"Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriatus" = Chlamys
"Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriatus" = Chlamys scallop | |
"Radula lima" = Lima
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Lucina (Dentilucina) sp. Fischer 1887 clam | |
Tapes (Amygdala) decussatus, "Venus (Clausinella) cf. fasciata" = Clausinella fasciata
Tapes (Amygdala) decussatus venus clam
"Venus (Clausinella) cf. fasciata" = Clausinella fasciata da Costa 1778 venus clam | |
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina
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Gastropoda | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
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