Where: Italy (43.5° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 10.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Early Messinian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; limestone and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Dominici, M. Forli, C. Bogi, A. Guerrini, and M. Benvenuti. 2020. Paleobiology from Museum collections: comparing historical and novel data on Upper Miocene molluscs of the Livorno Hills. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126(1):65-109 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207783: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.02.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Oxystele rotellaris Michelotti 1847 top snail | |
Amalda glandiformis Lamarck 1810 snail | |
Streptochetus ornatus dOrbigny 1852 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Cochlis sp. Röding 1798 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara fichteli Deshayes 1850 ark | |
Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
Aequipecten malvinae Dubois de Montpereux 1831 scallop | |
Crassostrea gryphoides Schlotheim 1813 oyster | |
Gibbomodiola adriatica Lamarck 1819 mussel | |
"Thracia pubescens" = Thracia (Thracia) pubescens
"Thracia pubescens" = Thracia (Thracia) pubescens Pulteney 1799 clam | |
Pelecyora islandicoides, Venerupis cf. basteroti, Paphia vetula, Clausinella fasciata, Dosinia exoleta, Venus cf. nux, Circomphalus subplicatus
Pelecyora islandicoides Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Venerupis cf. basteroti Mayer 1857 venus clam
Paphia vetula Basterot 1825 venus clam
Clausinella fasciata da Costa 1778 venus clam
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Venus cf. nux Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Circomphalus subplicatus dOrbigny 1852 venus clam | |
Lutraria oblonga Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Procardium cf. danubianum Mayer 1866 cockle
Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Papillicardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
Laevicardium oblongum Gmelin 1791 cockle | |
Gastrana fragilis, "Peronaea planata" = Tellina planata
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Peronaea planata" = Tellina planata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam |