Loc. 2, Yerasa-Limassol (Miocene of Cyprus)
Where: Cyprus (34.8° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 32.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• Idalian series
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone and lithified marl
• soft white chalks and marls
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 71875: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2007