List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cyprus
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in CyprusNicosia Formation
Koronia Formation
Pakhna Formation
Lefkara Formation
Perapedhi Formation
Vlambouros Formation
Phasoula Formation
Petra-tou-Roumiou Formation
This page lists the fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cyprus.
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Nicosia Formation | Pliocene | [1] | |
Koronia Formation | Tortonian | [2] | |
Pakhna Formation | Aquitanian-Serravallian | [3] | |
Lefkara Formation | Thanetian-Lutetian | [4] | |
Perapedhi Formation | Turonian-Santonian | [5] | |
Ayios Photios Group | Vlambouros Formation | Norian | [6] |
Dhiarizos Group | Phasoula Formation | Early Norian | [7] |
Petra-tou-Roumiou Formation | Carnian | [8] |
See also
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
- Geology of Cyprus
- Petra tou Romiou
- Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus
- Cyprus dwarf elephant
- Argonauta absyrtus
References
Further reading
- L. G. Bragina. 2008. Radiolarians of the family Neosciadiocapsidae from the Turonian-Santonian of the Perapedhi Formation, southern Cyprus. Paleontological Journal 42(2):127–138
- N. Y. Bragin. 2007. Late Triassic radiolarians of southern Cyprus. Paleontological Journal 41(10):951–1029
- S. Q. Dornbos and M. A. Wilson. 1999. Paleoecology of a Pliocene coral reef in Cyprus: recovery of a marine community from the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 213(1):103–118
- E. Flügel. 1960. Heterastridium conglobatum conglobatum Reuss, an Upper Triassic hydrozoan from the Petra-tou-Roumiou Limestone of Pendakomo, Cyprus. Journal of Paleontology 34(1):127–132
- E. J. Follows, A. H. F. Robertson, and T. P. Scoffin. 1996. Tectonic controls on Miocene reefs and related carbonate facies in Cyprus. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology 5:295–315
- D. M. Martill and M. J. Barker. 2006. A paper nautilus (Octopoda, Argonauta) from the Miocene Pakhna Formation of Cyprus. Palaeontology 49(5):1035–1041
- F. R. C. Reed. 1935. Notes on the Neogene faunas of Cyprus, II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15(85):1–31
- A. Sanfilippo, A. Hakyemez, and U.K. Tekin. 2003. Biostratigraphy of Late Paleocene- Middle Eocene radiolarians and foraminifera from Cyprus. Micropaleontology 49(1–2):47–64
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