Loc. 1K, Agrokipia: Tortonian, Cyprus

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
? Psammechinus sp.
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella italica Defrance 1820
recombined as Diodora (Diodora) italica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiliidae
Cardilia cf. michelotti
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Circe (Gouldia) minima (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Meretrix (Amiantis) sp. (Carpenter 1863)
original and current combination Amiantis
Tapes basteroti Mayer 1857
recombined as Venerupis basteroti
Venus (Clausinella) basteroti
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum (Brocchi 1814)
recombined as Europicardium multicostatum
Cardium andreae
var. kreadensis
Cardium (Cerastoderma) arcella
original and current combination Cerastoderma
Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cerastoderma edule
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Megaxinus) sp. (Brugnone 1880)
original and current combination Megaxinus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Radula lima
synonym of Lima
var. dispar
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831
var. adonis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) tauroperstriatus
original and current combination Chlamys
Pecten submalvinae
var. advena
Pecten cf. convexior
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
Arca (Anadara) turonica
original and current combination Anadara
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Pectunculus (Axinaea) inflatus
synonym of Glycymeris
Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
see common names

Geography
Country:Cyprus
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 33.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 32.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphy comments: Idalian series
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: white limestone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:71885
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-15 05:01:30 Last modified:2007-05-15 08:35:43
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-15 05:01:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24293.1% 22420F. 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]