Fiuminello torrent, northeast of Melilli (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (37.2° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Carlentini Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, brown lignite

• Basin, stretching over 500 meters in diameter, surrounded by volcanic rocks. Due to its shape it is clear that it was a large pond accumulating organic debris. Localized volcanic centers that became emergent, forming small islands.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: L. Pampaloni. 1902. I resti organici nel disodile di Melilli in Sicilia. Palaeontographia Italica 8:121-130 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125079: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Acariformes - Acaridae
Tyroglyphites miocenicus n. gen. n. sp.
Tyroglyphites miocenicus n. gen. n. sp. Pampaloni 1902 oribatid mite
 Acariformes - Oppiidae
Oppites melilli n. gen. n. sp.
Oppites melilli n. gen. n. sp. Pampaloni 1902 oribatid mite
 Acariformes - Carabodidae
Carabodites pavesii n. gen. n. sp.
Carabodites pavesii n. gen. n. sp. Pampaloni 1902 oribatid mite
 Acariformes - Damaeidae
Belbites disodilis n. gen. n. sp.
Belbites disodilis n. gen. n. sp. Pampaloni 1902 oribatid mite
Insecta
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Phytophtirites disodilis n. gen. n. sp.
Phytophtirites disodilis n. gen. n. sp. Pampaloni 1902 insect
larva
 Hemiptera - Diaspididae
"Diaspites crenulata n. gen. n. sp." = Aspidiotus crenulatus
"Diaspites crenulata n. gen. n. sp." = Aspidiotus crenulatus Pampaloni 1902 armoured scale insect