PBDB Collection

Koronia reefs, northern Cyprus (Miocene of Cyprus)

Also known as Reef 866

Where: Cyprus (35.1° N, 33.2° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 32.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Koronia Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Porites bindstones

•Dolomitisation common in off-reef.

• Porites reef

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: Data cited from Cowper Reed (1935)

Primary reference: S. Q. Dornbos and M. A. Wilson. 1999. Paleoecology of a Pliocene coral reef in Cyprus: recovery of a marine community from the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 213(1):103-118 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34690: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Cidaroida - Cidaridae	Cidaris melitensis Cidaris melitensis pencil urchin
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Microporidae	Calpensia nobilis Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpulidae indet. Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium sp. Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
Lepetellida - Haliotidae	Haliotis tuberculata Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone
Lepetellida - Fissurellidae	Diodora italica, Fissurella sp. Diodora italica Defrance 1820 snail Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
Trochoidea - Trochidae	"Trochus rotellaris" = Oxystele rotellaris, "Trochus patulus" = Paroxystele patulus, Trochus sp. "Trochus rotellaris" = Oxystele rotellaris Michelotti 1847 top snail "Trochus patulus" = Paroxystele patulus Brocchi 1814 top snail Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Cerithium cyprinum, Cerithium kavasiense, Cerithium koroniense, Cerithium laevisubuloides Cerithium cyprinum cerith snail Cerithium kavasiense cerith snail Cerithium koroniense cerith snail Cerithium laevisubuloides cerith snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella subangulata, Turritella turris Turritella subangulata turret shell Turritella turris Basterot 1825 turret shell
Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae	Tenagodus anguinus Tenagodus anguinus snail Tenagodes anguinus
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Nassa sp. Nassa sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Bivalvia
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Septifer oblitus, Lithophaga lithophaga Septifer oblitus mussel Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Spondylus concentrus, Chlamys convexior, Chlamys sp., Chlamys submalvinae, Chlamys tauroperstriatus, Pecten northamptoni Spondylus concentrus scallop Chlamys convexior scallop Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop Chlamys submalvinae scallop Chlamys tauroperstriatus scallop Pecten northamptoni scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	Lima lima Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Exogyra sp. Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
Arcida - Arcidae	Striarca lactea, "Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Arca noae, "Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Striarca lactea clam "Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark "Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Arcida - Limopsidae	Limopsis anomala Limopsis anomala clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	"Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule, "Cardium multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum, Cardium andreae, Cardium arcella, Cardium sp. "Cardium edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle "Cardium multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle Cardium andreae cockle Cardium arcella cockle Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardiida - Chamidae	"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina, Chama sp., Chama gryphoides "Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Cardiida - Veneridae	"Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata, Venus basteroti, Venus sp., Tapes decussatus, Tapes geographica, Meretrix sp., "Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti, "Circe minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima "Venus ovata" = Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam Venus basteroti venus clam Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam Tapes decussatus venus clam Tapes geographica venus clam Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam "Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam "Circe minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Cardiida - Cardiliidae	Cardilia michelotti Cardilia michelotti clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	Mactra sp. Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Miltha sp., Lucina reticulata, Lucina sp. Miltha sp. Adams and Adams 1857 clam Lucina reticulata clam Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Cardita aculeata, Cardita koroniensis Cardita aculeata clam Cardita koroniensis clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Astarte sp. Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Poritidae	Porites sp. Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	Montastraea sp. Montastraea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Tarbellastraea carryensis, Tarbellastraea reussiana Tarbellastraea carryensis d'Orbigny 1852 stony coral Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Florideophyceae
Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae	"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897