Fornaci, near Savona (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.2° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Paleontologico di Genova

Primary reference: G. Ristori. 1886. I crostacei brachiuri a anomuri del Pliocene Italiano. Bollettino della Societá Geologica Italiana 5:93-128 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139185: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 09.02.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Coeloma sabatium n. sp. Ristori 1886 crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Portunus edwardsi Sismonda 1861 swimming crab
 Decapoda - Euryplacidae
Chlinocephalus demissifrons n. sp. Ristori 1886 crab