G1629, Cessaniti (Miocene of Italy)

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

• Lower circalittoral zone, coastal detrital
• Yellow sands. Poorly lithified based on nearby localities (outcrop photos in Vazzana & Caecalupo 2007 and washing of samples in D'Amico et al. 2012).

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

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sinuosa
Terebratula sinuosa Brocchi 1814