Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. AGE: Priabonian type section, Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of stage in type area, which is about 90 m thick.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; conglomeratic sandstone and calcareous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on survey of literature. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: G. Piccoli and E. Savazzi. 1983. Five shallow benthic mollusc faunas from the Upper Eocene (Baron, Priabona, Garoowe, Nanggulan, Takashima). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 22(1-2):31-47 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78565: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Pseudomiltha gigantea, Saxolucina saxorum, "Lucina" priabonensis, "Lucina" textilis, Gibbolucina lefebvrei
Pseudomiltha gigantea Deshayes 1825 clam
Saxolucina saxorum Lamarck 1806 clam
"Lucina" textilis clam | |
Corbula exarata clam
Corbula valdensis clam
"Corbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Corbicula sirena clam | |
Pitar villanovae venus clam
Venus helvetica venus clam
Chione praecursor venus clam
Meretrix hungarica venus clam | |
Chama dissimilis jewel box
Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817 jewel box
Chama calcarata Lamarck 1806 jewel box | |
Trachycardium bonellii, Trachycardium granconense, Cardium cf. rouyanum, Loxocardium obliquum, "Vepricardium gratum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum, Nemocardium polyptyctum, Nemocardium parile, Nemocardium parisiense
Trachycardium bonellii cockle
Trachycardium granconense cockle
Cardium cf. rouyanum cockle
Loxocardium obliquum Lamarck 1805 cockle
"Vepricardium gratum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum Defrance in Deshayes 1829 cockle
Nemocardium polyptyctum cockle
Nemocardium parile Deshayes 1858 cockle
Nemocardium parisiense d'Orbigny 1850 cockle | |
Gari fischeri clam | |
Solecurtus striatus clam | |
Tellina granconensis tellin clam | |
"Solena plagiaulax" = Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax
"Solena plagiaulax" = Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax Cossmann 1886 clam | |
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840 clam | |
Venericardia bericorum, Venericardia complanata, "Venericardia laurae" = Cardita (Venericardia) laurae
Venericardia complanata Deshayes 1825 clam
"Venericardia laurae" = Cardita (Venericardia) laurae Brongniart 1823 clam | |
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Botula cordata mussel
Septifer eurydices mussel
Brachidontes corrugatus mussel
Lithophaga antillarum d'Orbigny 1853 mussel | |
Chlamys tela, Chlamys subdiscors, Chlamys biarritzensis, "Pseudamussium solea" = Chlamys solea, "Chlamys paueri" = Lentipecten paueri, Lentipecten corneus, Spondylus rarispina, Spondylus cisalpinus, Spondylus podopsideus, Spondylus buchi, Spondylus radula
Chlamys tela scallop
Chlamys subdiscors scallop
Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846 scallop
"Pseudamussium solea" = Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop
"Chlamys paueri" = Lentipecten paueri Frauscher 1886 scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop
Spondylus rarispina scallop
Spondylus cisalpinus scallop
Spondylus podopsideus scallop
Spondylus buchi Philippi 1846 scallop
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop | |
"Lima rara" = Lima (Ctenoides) rara Deshayes 1858 file clam
Lima rossii file clam
Lima postalensis file clam | |
Lopha cf. plicatula, Lopha martinsi, Ostrea flabellulaeformis, Ostrea linguatula, Ostrea bersonensis
Lopha cf. plicatula oyster
Lopha martinsi oyster
Ostrea flabellulaeformis oyster
Ostrea linguatula oyster
Ostrea bersonensis oyster | |
Gryphaeostrea eversa, Hyotissa cf. hyotis, Pycnodonte bryozophila, Pycnodonte brongniarti, "Pycnodonte gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica
Gryphaeostrea eversa oyster
Hyotissa cf. hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
Pycnodonte bryozophila oyster
Pycnodonte brongniarti oyster
"Pycnodonte gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster | |
Pinna "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Glycymeris dispar Defrance 1826 clam
Glycymeris jacquoti Tournouer 1873 clam
Glycymeris pulvinata Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Barbatia auversiensis, Barbatia barbatula, Barbatia rigaulti, Barbatia scabrosa, "Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata, Arca cossmanni, Arca biangula
Barbatia barbatula clam
Barbatia rigaulti clam
Barbatia scabrosa clam
"Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam [entered as Barbatia appendicula]
Arca cossmanni ark
Arca biangula Lamarck 1805 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica bistriata sundial | |
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata Solander 1766 snail | |
Collonia subturbinata snail | |
Tectus mitratus top snail
Tectus granellensis top snail | |
Angaria calcar snail
Angaria lima snail | |
Pleurotomaria crearoi snail
Pleurotomaria humilis snail | |
Ficus priabonensis, "Ficopsis greenwoodi" = Ficus greenwoodi
Ficus priabonensis fig shell
"Ficopsis greenwoodi" = Ficus greenwoodi Sowerby 1825 fig shell | |
Cassis ambigua snail
Cassis mammillaris Grateloup 1927 snail
"Galeodea nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Charonia cf. triamans triton
Charonia rossii triton | |
Tibia goniophora, Tibia spirata, Rimella multiplicata, Rimella fissurella, "Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa
Tibia goniophora true conch
Tibia spirata true conch
Rimella multiplicata true conch
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
"Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa Sowerby 1824 true conch | |
Aporrhais zignoi snail | |
Dientomochilus ornatus, "Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
Dientomochilus ornatus snail
"Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Seraphs sopitus snail
Paraseraphs placitus snail | |
Xenophora agglutinus, "Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans
Xenophora agglutinus carrier shell
"Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans Brongniart 1823 carrier shell | |
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828 cowry | |
Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826 snail | |
"Cantharus polygonus" = Editharus polygonus, Siphonalia sclarina, Cantharus pseudostenomphalus, Cantharus subcostulatus
"Cantharus polygonus" = Editharus polygonus Lamarck 1803 true whelk
Siphonalia sclarina true whelk
Cantharus pseudostenomphalus true whelk
Cantharus subcostulatus true whelk | |
Melongena subcarinata snail
Melongena piruloides snail | |
Conus latissimus, Conus diversiformis, Conus cf. grateloupi, Cryptoconus filosus, Cryptoconus elongatus, Cryptoconus priscus
Conus latissimus cone shell
Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell
Conus cf. grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852 cone shell
Cryptoconus filosus cone shell
Cryptoconus elongatus cone shell
Cryptoconus priscus cone shell | |
"Hexaplex spinulosus" = Poirieria (Flexopteron) spinulosa, Typhis hortensis
"Hexaplex spinulosus" = Poirieria (Flexopteron) spinulosa Deshayes 1865 murex snail
Typhis hortensis murex snail | |
Athleta besanconi, Volutocorbis crenulifera, "Athleta ambiguus" = Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus, "Athleta cithara" = Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara, Lyria harpula, Voluta vesiculifera, Voluta subzonata, Voluta bericorum, Voluta pileifera, Volutilithes placentiger
Athleta besanconi volute
Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan 1870 volute
"Athleta ambiguus" = Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus Solander in Brander 1766 volute
"Athleta cithara" = Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara Lamarck 1802 volute
Lyria harpula Lamarck 1802 volute
Voluta vesiculifera volute
Voluta subzonata volute
Voluta bericorum volute
Voluta pileifera volute
Volutilithes placentiger volute | |
Gibberula ovulata snail | |
Marginella crassula margin shell
Marginella perkeo margin shell | |
Unitas vincenti snail | |
Hipponix cornucopiae hoof shell
Hipponix dilata hoof shell | |
Polinices achatensis moon snail
Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804 moon snail
"Natica pasinii" = Tectonatica pasinii Bayan 1870 moon snail
Natica canovae moon snail | |
"Turritella asperula" = Turritella (Haustator) asperula, "Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria, "Turritella lamarcki" = Haustator praecessus, "Vermicularia polygona" = Vermicularia (Anguillospira) polygona, "Vermicularia conica" = Vermicularia (Vermicularia) conica, Sigmesalia fasciata, "Turritella sulcifera" = Ispharina sulcifera, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera, Turritella gradataeformis
"Turritella asperula" = Turritella (Haustator) asperula Brogniart 1823 turret shell
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Turritella lamarcki" = Haustator praecessus Defrance 1828 turret shell
"Vermicularia polygona" = Vermicularia (Anguillospira) polygona Deshayes 1861 turret shell
"Vermicularia conica" = Vermicularia (Vermicularia) conica Lamarck 1804 turret shell
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Turritella sulcifera" = Ispharina sulcifera Deshayes 1832 turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell
Turritella gradataeformis turret shell | |
Diastoma alpinum snail
Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Bayania stygis snail | |
Melanopsis carinata snail | |
Bittium semigranosum, "Clava striata" = Rhinoclavis, "Ptychocerithium lamellosum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)
Bittium semigranosum cerith snail
"Clava striata" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
"Ptychocerithium lamellosum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cerith snail | |
Tenagodus striatus snail | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
"Scala bryozoophila" = Epitonium (Scala)
"Scala bryozoophila" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap | |
Neritopsis parisiensis snail
Neritopsis pustulosa snail | |
Velates pervesus snail
Nerita tricarinata Lamarck 1804 snail |