Where: Italy (38.1° N, 15.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.6° N, 15.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Listed as "Upper Pliocene" with no additional justification. Presumably Gelasian, based on other Upper Pliocene localities in the paper.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, shelly/skeletal, yellow limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Istituto di Geologie e di Paleontologia dell'Universita di Messina
Primary reference: M. Gaetani and D. Sacca. 1984. Brachiopodi batiali nel Pliocene e Pleistocene di Silicia e Calabria. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 90:407-458 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187513: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Aphelesia bipartita Brocchi 1814 |