Rio Carbonari: Piacenzian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati n. gen., n. sp. Bisconti 2007
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck 1822
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 35 specimens
Crepidula gibbosa Defrance 1818
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 8 specimens
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 34 specimens
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus sinuosus
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 2 specimens
Capulus hungaricus (Linnaeus 1758)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 11 specimens
recombined as Capulus ungaricus
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Apiocypraea pyrula (Lamarck 1810)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Schilderia utriculata (Lamarck 1810)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 7 specimens
recombined as Schilderia utricolata
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Neosimnia pliomajor (Sacco 1894)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 1 specimen
Pseudosimnia passerinalis (Lamarck 1810)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso 1826)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 26 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Gyrineum marginatum
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tectonatica astensis
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 8 specimens
Tectonatica tectula (Sacco 1890)
Brunetti and Vecchi 2015 12 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia vetula (Basterot 1825)
Circomphalus foliaceouslamellous
Callista puella Reeve 1863
recombined as Transennella puella
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Gigantopecten latissimus
Hinnites crispus (Brocchi 1814)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus crassicosta Lamarck 1819
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 9.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.7° North, 10.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: 3.55 to 3.1 Ma, early Pliocene; first sandy level at a height of 18 m above the base of the section
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: circalittoral
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Rio Carbonaro
Database number:74929
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-09-06 06:05:03 Last modified:2018-01-20 11:40:09
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-06 06:05:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25278. M. Bisconti. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5):1103-1122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

64523 M. Bisconti and C. Francou. 2014. I cetacei fossili conservati presso il Museo Geologico di Castell’Arquato (Piacenza). Museologia Scientifica Memoire 13:31-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
59160 M. M. Brunetti and G. Vecchi. 2015. La Malacofauna Plio-Pleistocenica del Torrente Stirone Parte IX. Strombidae, Aporrhaiidae, Calyptreidae, Capulidae, Xenophoridae, Vermetidae, Cypraeidae, Eocypraeidae, Triviidae, Eratoidae, Ovulidae, Naticidae. Parva Naturalia 11:61-147 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]