Loc. 1K, Agrokipia (Miocene of Cyprus)
Where: Cyprus (35.0° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.9° 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 71885: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Echinoidea | |
? Psammechinus sp. sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica Defrance 1820 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus
"Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus Brugnone 1880 clam | |
Venus (Clausinella) basteroti, Venus sp., "Circe (Gouldia) minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima, "Meretrix (Amiantis) sp." = Amiantis, "Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti
Venus (Clausinella) basteroti venus clam
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Circe (Gouldia) minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
"Meretrix (Amiantis) sp." = Amiantis Carpenter 1863 venus clam
"Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam | |
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum, Cardium andreae, "Cardium (Cerastoderma) arcella" = Cerastoderma, "Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule
"Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) arcella" = Cerastoderma cockle
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Pectunculus (Axinaea) inflatus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus (Axinaea) inflatus" = Glycymeris clam | |
"Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara, "Arca (Barbatia) barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
"Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara ark
"Arca (Barbatia) barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Radula lima" = Lima
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Pecten submalvinae, Pecten cf. convexior, Pecten sp., "Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriatus" = Chlamys, Spondylus concentricus
Pecten cf. convexior scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriatus" = Chlamys scallop |