San Angelo, near Sinigaglia (NHMW collection) (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Senigallia

Where: Italy (43.7° N, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 13.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• MN12+MN13

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified lithology not reported

• Likely a similar environment to nearby Monte Castellaro locality

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: A. Handlirsch. 1907. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts V-VII. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 641-1120 [C. Labandeira/A. Spencer-Lee/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157203: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Libellulidae indet. Rambur 1842 common skimmer
NHMW 1831/XI/21, 1832/XXVII/14