Pendakomo (Triassic of Cyprus)

Also known as Reef 155

Where: Cyprus (34.8° N, 33.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.2° N, 26.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Petra-tou-Roumiou Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Previous age assignment was Carnian-Norian. Assigned to Norian based on index fossil Heterastridium conglobatum (Senowbari-Daryan, B., and Link, M., 2019, Heterastridium (Hydrozoa) from the Norian of Iran and Turkey: Palaeontographica Abteilung A, v. 314, no. 4-6, p. 81-159.)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• reef limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Flügel. 1960. Heterastridium conglobatum conglobatum Reuss, an Upper Triassic hydrozoan from the Petra-tou-Roumiou Limestone of Pendakomo, Cyprus. Journal of Paleontology 34(1):127-132 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73866: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Hydrozoa
 Milleporina - Heterastrididae
Heterastridium conglobatum Reuss 1854 fire coral
subsp. conglobatum