Where: Italy (43.9° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 12.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gessoso-solfifera Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• "Strato degli insetti" outcropping in the higher part of the facies "Marne bituminose". Lower Messinian.
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, fine-grained, carbonaceous marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Museo de Territorio of Riccione (Emilia Romagna, northern Italy)
Primary reference: G. Gentilini. 1991. Bibionidae (Diptera, Nematocera) from Upper Miocene of Monte Castellaro (Marche, central Italy). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 15:425-445 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157306: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mioacinia adriatica n. gen. n. sp.5 Gentilini and Korneyev 2006 fruit fly MTR 388, 389, 394, 1300, 391, 396, 1299, 1301
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Penthetria sp.3, Bibio sp., Plecia spp., Plecia baglii n. sp., Plecia castellaroi n. sp., Plecia pisaurensis n. sp.
Plecia spp. Wiedemann 1823 love bug | |
Sympetrum marinum n. sp.1, Sympetrum krzeminskii n. sp.2, Sympetrum italicum n. sp.2, Sympetrum elongatum n. sp.2, Deielia sarae n. sp.4, Libellula sp.1, Libellula adriatica n. sp.1, Libellula mediterranea n. sp.2, Celithemis zavattinii n. sp.1, Pisaurum coloratum n. gen. n. sp.2, "Trapezostigma sp." = Tramea4, "Trapezostigma barbaresii n. sp." = Tramea barbaresii4, Tramea miocenica n. sp.2
"Trapezostigma barbaresii n. sp." = Tramea barbaresii4 Gentilini and Bagli 2004 common skimmer MTR 1295
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