Mondaino (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.1° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 11.9° E)

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Landini and E. Menesini. 1984. Messinian marine fish communities of the Mediterranean Sea. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Serie A 91:279-290 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186576: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardina sp.
Sardina sp. Antipa 1905 herring
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus meuelleri
 Alepisauriformes -
Lestidiops sphekodes
Lestidiops sphekodes Sauvage 1870
 Aulopiformes - Synodontidae
Synodus avus
Synodus avus Arambourg 1927
 Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Paralepis albyi
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophum dainellii, "Myctophum dorsale" = Myctophum dorsale, "Ceratoscopelus dorsalis" = Myctophum dorsale, Myctophum columnae, Diaphus sp., "Lampanyctus vexillifer" = Diaphus vexillifer, "Diaphus vexillifer" = Diaphus vexillifer, "Photichthys larteti" = Diaphus larteti, "Diaphus larteti" = Diaphus larteti, Diaphus edwardsi, Diaphus microsomus, Aethoprora sp., Lampanyctus edwarsi, Lampanyctus larteti, Lampanyctus microsomus, Lampanyctus sp., Lampanyctus licatae, Lampanyctus ecnomi, Ceratoscopelus miocenicus, Lobianchia sp.
"Myctophum dorsale" = Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Ceratoscopelus dorsalis" = Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873 lanternfish
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
"Lampanyctus vexillifer" = Diaphus vexillifer Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Diaphus vexillifer" = Diaphus vexillifer Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Photichthys larteti" = Diaphus larteti Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Diaphus larteti" = Diaphus larteti Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Diaphus edwardsi Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Diaphus microsomus Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Aethoprora sp. Goode and Bean 1896 lanternfish
Lampanyctus edwarsi lanternfish
Lampanyctus larteti lanternfish
Lampanyctus sp. Bonaparte 1840 lanternfish
Lampanyctus licatae Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Lampanyctus ecnomi Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Ceratoscopelus miocenicus Bedini et al. 1986 lanternfish
Lobianchia sp. Gatt 1904 lanternfish
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius sp.
Merluccius sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros albyi
Bregmaceros albyi Sauvage 1880
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Nezumia sp.
Nezumia sp. Jordan and Starks 1904 grenadiers
 Beloniformes - Belonidae
Belone sp.
Belone sp. Oken 1816
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Solea sp.
Solea sp. Gouan 1770 flatfish
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus sp.
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802
 Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Scorpaena sp.
Scorpaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 scorpionfish
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus albyi
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870 pipefish
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Benthodesmus albyi, Lepidopus albyi
Lepidopus albyi Sauvage 1870