Penisola Maddalena (Pleistocene of Italy)
Where: Sicily, Italy (37.0° N, 15.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone
• poorly lithified, weakly stratified calcareous sandstones containing abundant bivalves (especially ostreids and pectinids), gastropods, brachiopods (terebratulids), and barnacles.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C.-H. Tsai, A. Collareta, E. M. G. Fitzgerald, F. G. Marx, N. Kohno, M. Bosselaers, G. Insacco, A. Reitano, R. Catanzariti, M. Oishi, and G. Bianucci. 2017. Northern pygmy right whales highlight Quaternary marine mammal interchange. Current Biology 27:R1037-R1059 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189318: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.10.2017
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Taxonomic list
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| Thecostraca | |
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Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816 barnacle | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
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Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
| Mammalia | |
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