List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cyprus

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cyprus
Nicosia Formation
Koronia Formation
Pakhna Formation
Lefkara Formation
Perapedhi Formation
Vlambouros Formation
Phasoula Formation
Petra-tou-Roumiou Formation

The following fossiliferous stratigraphic units are found in Cyprus.

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Nicosia Formation	Pliocene
	Koronia Formation	Tortonian
	Pakhna Formation	Aquitanian-Serravallian
	Lefkara Formation	Thanetian-Lutetian
	Perapedhi Formation	Turonian-Santonian
Ayios Photios Group	Vlambouros Formation	Norian
Dhiarizos Group	Phasoula Formation	Early Norian
	Petra-tou-Roumiou Formation	Carnian

See also

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greece
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Northern Cyprus
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Turkey
• Geology of Cyprus
• Petra tou Romiou
• Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus
• Cyprus dwarf elephant
• Argonauta absyrtus

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