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

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
? Psammechinus sp.
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica Defrance 1820 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp.
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus concentricus, "Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriatus" = Chlamys, Pecten submalvinae, Pecten cf. convexior, Pecten sp.
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831 scallop
var. adonis
"Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriatus" = Chlamys scallop
Pecten submalvinae scallop
var. advena
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Radula lima" = Lima
"Radula lima" = Lima file clam
var. dispar
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp.
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 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
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Pectunculus (Axinaea) inflatus" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus (Axinaea) inflatus" = Glycymeris clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) arcella" = Cerastoderma, "Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule, "Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum, Cardium andreae
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) arcella" = Cerastoderma cockle
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle
Cardium andreae cockle
var. kreadensis
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Clausinella) basteroti, Venus sp., "Meretrix (Amiantis) sp." = Amiantis, "Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti, "Circe (Gouldia) minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Meretrix (Amiantis) sp." = Amiantis Carpenter 1863 venus clam
"Tapes basteroti" = Venerupis basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam
"Circe (Gouldia) minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiliidae
Cardilia cf. michelotti
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus
"Miltha (Megaxinus) sp." = Megaxinus Brugnone 1880 clam
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp.
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826