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Pakhna - Terra, Famagusta District, Cyprus

FormationPakhna
MemberTerra
Age:23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
IntervalAquitanian - Burdigalian
Lithologyframestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences25

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Cape Greco and W-CyprusFamagusta District, CyprusPakhna - Terra

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bryozoa
phylum		2Animalia : Bryozoa23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Acropora sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Acropora23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Favia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Favia23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Favia melitae
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Favia : Favia melitae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Solenastrea tizeroutinensis
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Solenastrea : Solenastrea tizeroutinensis23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Tarbellastraea carryensis
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea : Tarbellastraea carryensis23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Heliastrea grandis
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Dipsastraea : Heliastrea grandis23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Favites neugeboreni
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites neugeboreni23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Goniastrea sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Hydnophora provincialis
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Hydnophora : Hydnophora provincialis23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Leptomussa falloti
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Leptomussa : Leptomussa falloti23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Lithophyllia michelotti
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Mussidae : Lithophyllia : Lithophyllia michelotti23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Stylophora reussiana
species		7Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Stylophora : Stylophora reussiana23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Goniopora sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Porites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Siderastrea sp.
genus		6Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Echinus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Camarodonta : Echinidae : Echinus23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Carditidae
family		5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Hiatellidae
family		5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Adapedonta : Hiatellidae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Veneridae
family		5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Conus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Voluta sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Voluta23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Trochus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pseudophoridae : Trochus23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Entobia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Clionaida : Clionaidae : Entobia23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene

References

Follows E. J., Robertson A. H. F., et al (1996) Tectonic controlls on Miocene reefs and related carbonate facies in Cyprus, SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5, 295-315
Baron-Szabo R. (2009) Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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