Where: Italy (38.7° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 15.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• "Upper Tortonian"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Istituto di Geologie e di Paleontologia dell'Universita di Messina
Primary reference: M. Gaetani and D. Sacca. 1985. Brachiopodi Neogenici e Pleistocenici della provincia di Messina e della Calabria meridionale. Geologica Romana 22:1-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187561: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula sinuosa Brocchi 1814 |