Where: Cyprus (34.8° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 32.2° 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 71881: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Vaginella sp., "? Cuvieria sp." = Cuvierina
Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800 snail
"? Cuvieria sp." = Cuvierina Boas 1886 snail | |
Turritella terebralis Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Carinaria cf. hugardi snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia cf. longa clam
Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814 clam | |
Pecten concavus, "Amussium anconitanum" = Amusium
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"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear
"Liostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear" = Neopycnodonta cochlear Poli 1795 oyster | |
"Pectunculus ? textus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus ? textus" = Glycymeris clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Tellina balaustina Linnaeus 1767 tellin clam | |
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
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