Unit 4, Sample C6 - Poggio al Lupo Quarry: Early/Lower Pliocene, Italy
collected by Benvenuti & Dominici
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Apicularia sulzeriana
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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Tricolia pulla
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74 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Gibbula brocchii
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Jujubinus sp.
Monterosato 1884
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea chinensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides tricinctus
(Brocchi 1814)
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| recombined as Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus | ||||||||||
| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium reticulatum
(Montagu 1803)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bittium deshayesi
Cerulli Irelli 1912
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61 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scala sp.
Humphrey
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Scala) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Alvania cf. curta
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Rissoa angulatacuta
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49 specimens | |||||||||
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Rissoa sp.
Fréminville 1814
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphora pervesa
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Muricidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Hinia reticulata
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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Cythara sp.
Schumacher 1817
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia sp.
Hartmann 1821
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum trachea
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Cerithium vulgatum
Bruguière 1789
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| recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum | ||||||||||
| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna cylindracea
(Pennant 1777)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia conoidea
(Brocchi 1814)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Turbonilla sp.
Risso 1826
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula sp.
Deshayes 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana pella
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glans sp.
Mühfeld 1811
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Loripes lucinalis
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324 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen marginatus
Pulteney 1799
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Pharidae
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Ensis sp.
Schumacher 1817
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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259 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chamelea gallina
(Linneus 1758)
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143 specimens | |||||||||
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Tapes eremita
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Dosinia lupinus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Dosinia lupina | ||||||||||
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Pelecyora brocchii
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pitar rudis
(Poli 1795)
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173 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula subtruncata
(da Costa 1778)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama placentina
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cerastoderma edule
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Scrobicularia plana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Gastrana fragilis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Gastrochaena dubia
(Pennant 1777)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara darwini
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca noae
Linnaeus 1758
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria phalaenacea
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sexangulum
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Ditrupa sp.
Berkeley 1835
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 10.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 10.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the upper part of the Pliocene sedimentary tectonic cycles in Arno Valley basin, which . THICKNESS: From bed within section of about 35 m thickness. AGE: Early Pliocene, on the basis of lithostratigraphic correlation, which ties this section into the Globorotalia crassaformis biozone, immediately preceding the middle Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unit 4, towards the top of the section, collected in the second shell accumulation of unit 4. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,shelly/skeletal,gray,yellow unlithified silty,carbonaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Grey silty fine sands, yellow in places, bioturbated, and abundant wood gfragments, with shell accumulations. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens and outcrop photos. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Inner shelf and estuarine environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 1.000 |
| Collection size: | 1258 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collectors: | Benvenuti & Dominici |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Presumably M. Benvenuti and S. Dominici. REPOSITORY: Presumably, Dipartmento di Scienze della Terra, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with taxa identified to species resolution. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78338 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-03 16:37:59 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-03 16:37:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26370. | M. Benvenuti and S. Dominici. 1992. Facies analysis, paleoecology and sequence stratigraphy in a Pliocene siliciclastic succession, Sanb Miniato (Pisa, Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 31(2):241-259 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |