Where: Calabria, Italy (40.0° N, 16.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 14.1° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Palizzi Formation), Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• the two collections are from the same bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; green marl
molluscs are said to be poorly preserved
Primary reference: J. -P. Bouillin, C. Majeste-Menjoulas, M.-F. Ollivier-Pierre, Y. Tambareau, and J. Villatte. 1985. Transgression de l''Oligocene inferieur (formation de Palizzi) sur un karst a remplissage dans les zones internes calabro-peloritaines (Italie). Comptes Rendus de l''Academie des Sciences, Serie II 301(6):415-420 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 9068: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Potamides cf. labyrinthus horn snail
Potamides aff. conjunctus horn snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea ex gr. rudicula oyster |