Torino Hill, Moncucco Torinese, "facies à Congeria", M4/5: Messinian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Euxinicardium subodessae
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Neomyiini indet.
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Melanoides curvicosta
(Deshayes 1835)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis narzolina
Archiac 1846
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70 specimens | |||||||||
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Melanopsis fusulatina
Sacco 1895
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Craspedopomatidae
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Craspedopoma conoidale
(Michaud 1855)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Diplommatinidae
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Cochlostoma esuanum
Manganelli and Giusti 1997
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97 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aciculidae
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Acicula cf. lineata
(Draparnaud 1801)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Saccoia oryza
Brusina 1893
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Saccoia globosa
Harzhauser et al. 2015
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Theodoxus doderleini
(d'Ancona 1869)
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43 specimens | |||||||||
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Theodoxus mutinensis
(d'Ancona 1869)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Clausiliidae
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Cochlodina (Miophaedusa) sp.
Nordsieck 1972
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Clausilia (Clausilia) cf. baudoni
Michaud 1862
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Truciella ballesioi
Truc 1972
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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Nordsieckia pontica
(Lueger 1981)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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? Serrulella sp.
Nordsieck 1978
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Limacidae
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? Limax fossilis
Sacco 1896
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Agriolimacidae
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Agriolimacidae indet.
Wagner 1935
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Parmacellidae
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Parmacella informal n. sp.
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Milacidae
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Milacidae indet.
Ellis 1926
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Gastrodontidae
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Janulus cf. spadinii
Manganelli et al. 2011
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Hygromiidae
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Helicopsis piedmontanica
Harzhauser et al. 2015
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| listed as "? Helicopsis piedmontanica" in this paper because authors are not sure if it belongs to Helicopsis. They're still naming a new spp though so following convention I've removed the "?" for entry here since this assignment stands until another paper says otherwise. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicodiscidae
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Lucilla miocaenica
Harzhauser et al. 2015
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Vertiginidae
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Negulopsis suturalis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
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Truncatellina cf. callicratis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ferussaciidae
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Cecilioides acicula
(Müller 1774)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Pachydacna sp.
Eberzin 1955
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Pontalmyra bollenensis
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Pontalmyra cf. incerta
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| "Pontalmyra cf. incerta chiae" in text | ||||||||||
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Pontalmyra cf. partschi
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 22 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Dreissenidae
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Dreissena ex gr. rostriformis
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 55 specimens | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Lymnocardiidae
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Prosodacnomya sabbae
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Myctophiformes
- Myctophidae
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Diaphus taaningi
Norma 1930
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Hygophum aff. derthonensis
(Nolf and Steurbaut 1983)
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Sciaenidarum informal sp. nov.
(Koken 1884)
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Beryciformes
- Trachichthyidae
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Hoplostethus cf. mediterraneus
Cuvier 1829
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Amphisbaenia indet.
Gray 1844
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguinae informal non-Anguis indet
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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cf. Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae informal A
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| "colubrines A" | ||||||||||
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Colubrinae informal B
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| "colubrines B" | ||||||||||
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| "colubrines indet." | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Agamidae
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Agamidae indet.
Gray 1827
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Accipitridae indet.
Viellot 1816
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Columbidae indet.
Illiger 1811
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Strigidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
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Passeriformes informal indet. "large"
Linnaeus 1758
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Passeriformes informal indet. "medium"
Linnaeus 1758
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Passeriformes informal indet. "small"
Linnaeus 1758
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Apodidae
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Apodidae indet.
Hartert 1897
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Coturnix sp.
Bonnaterre 1791
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Palaeortyx cf. gallica
Milne-Edwards 1869
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera informal sp. 1
Blumenbach 1779
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Chiroptera informal sp. 2
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus sorbinii
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Pliopetaurista pliocaenica
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Sciurus warthae
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neocricetodon magnus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Micromys bendai
van de Weerd 1979
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Occitanomys brailloni
Michaux 1969
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Centralomys benericettii
(de Guili 1989)
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Paraethomys meini
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Apodemus atavus
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Apodemus gudrunae
van de Weerd 1976
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Eliomys yevesi
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Muscardinus vireti
Hugueney and Mein 1965
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Glis minor
Kowalski 1963
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Glirulus lissiensis
Hugueney and Mein 1965
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpa sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Parasorex aff. ibericus
(Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Euprox sp.
Stehlin 1928
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Pliocervus sp.
Hilzheimer 1922
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dihoplus schleiermacheri
(Kaup 1834)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton sp.
Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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Colombero et al. 2017 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
| MGPT-PU 132001, 132002, 132232, 132011, 132012, 132632, 132633, 132005-132009, 132634-132639, 132015, 132016 | ||||||||||
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= Albanerpeton pannonicum
Venczel and Gardner 2005
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Gardner et al. 2021 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla ex gr. arborea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Rana arborea | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo ex gr. viridis
Laurenti 1768
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Colombero et al. 2017 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Latonia sp.
von Meyer 1843
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobates sp.
Wagler 1830
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Chelotriton sp.
Pomel 1853
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Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Piedmont |
| Coordinates: | 45.1° North, 7.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° North, 7.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | facies à Congeria | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Messinian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Lithology description: deeper (maybe slope?) environment with abundant terrigenous influence | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: 6.5 m of beige to green-blue clayey marls with calcareous paleosol interbeds. This unit contains shells of dreissenid and limnocardiid bivalves along with melanopsid and hydrobiid gastropods and is an equivalent of the Lago-Mare biofacies of the Mediterranean area | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MCC4/5 | ||
| Database number: | 172915 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Carrano, T. Cleary | Enterer: | M. Krause, M. Carrano, T. Cleary |
| Modifier: | T. Cleary | Research group: | freshwater |
| Created: | 2015-08-31 07:55:20 | Last modified: | 2019-02-20 09:25:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-08-31 07:55:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56210. | M. Harzhauser, T. A. Neubauer, E. Georgopoulou, D. Esu, C. D’Amico, G. Pavia, P. Giuntelli, G. Carnevale, and H. Nordsieck. 2015. Late Messinian continental and Lago-Mare gastropods from the Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 54(1):1-53 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |
Secondary references:
| 67968 | S. Colombero, D. M. Alba, C. D'Amico, M. Delfino, D. Esu, P. Giuntelli, M. Harzhauser, P. P. A. Masser, M. Mosca, T. A. Neubauer, G. Pavia, M. Pavia, A. Villa and G. Carnevale. 2017. Late Messinian mollusks and vertebrates from Moncucco Torinese, north-western Italy. Paleoecological and paleoclimatological implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.1.10A:1-66 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
| 77386 | J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |