Loc. 10, cliffs near Curium (Miocene of Cyprus)

Where: Cyprus (34.7° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 32.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Idalian series

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• hard shelly limestones, very fossiliferous

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 71883: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella turris
Turritella turris Basterot 1825 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Barbatia) barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara
"Arca (Barbatia) barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Arca (Anadara) turonica" = Anadara ark
var. curialis
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris, "Arca (Pectinatarca) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata
"Pectunculus sp." = Glycymeris Da Costa 1778 clam
"Arca (Pectinatarca) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Plagiocardium) hirsutum" = Afrocardium hirsutum, Cardium sp.
"Cardium (Plagiocardium) hirsutum" = Afrocardium hirsutum Bronn 1831 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp.
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus (Timoclea) ovata" = Timoclea ovata, "Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola), "Meretrix (Callista) sp." = Callista
"Venus (Timoclea) ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
"Venus (Ventricola) verrucosa" = Antigona (Ventricola) venus clam
"Meretrix (Callista) sp." = Callista Poli 1791 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
? Mactra sp.
? Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Poromya tauromagna
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera, Miltha (Megaxinus) transversa, Lucina fragilis, Lucina (Dentilucina) meneghini, Lucina (Dentilucina) tumida, "Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella
Lucina (Myrtea) spinifera Montagu 1803 clam
"Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam