Loc. 3K, Kotaphi Hill near 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 71887: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardita aculeata clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Septifer oblitus mussel | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail |