Tochni, Koronia mmb, miliolid grainstones, northern Cyprus: Tortonian, Cyprus

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Heterosteginidae indet.
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Bryozoa
Bryozoa indet. (Ehrenberg 1831)
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis melo
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Dendritina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Charentiidae
Peneroplis sp. Montfort 1808
Globothalamea - Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
unclassified
Rhodophyta indet. Wettstein 1922
see common names

Geography
Country:Cyprus
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 33.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 32.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koronia
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Lithology description: miliolid grainstones
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Data cited from Cowper Reed (1935)
Metadata
Database number:223602
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-11-17 07:48:43 Last modified:2021-11-17 07:48:43
Access level:the public Released:2021-11-17 07:48:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

78642. G. Coletti, E. M. B., O. M. Bialik, T. Cannings, D. Kroon, A. H. F. Robertson, and D. Basso. 2021. Microfacies evidence for the evolution of Miocene coral-reef environments in Cyprus. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]