Also known as Allerona
Where: Umbria, Italy (42.8° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 11.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, coprolite
Primary reference: P. Monaco, A. Baldanza, R. Bizzarri, F. Famiani, M. Lezzerini and F. Sciuto. 2014. Ambergris cololites of Pleistocene sperm whales from central Italy and description of the new ichnogenus and ichnospecies Ambergrisichnus alleronae. Palaeontologia Electronica 17(2.29A):1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 200419: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.04.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium fossile tusk shell
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Ringicula auriculata" = Ringicula minor
"Ringicula auriculata" = Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Haustator vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
Turritella spirata turret shell | |
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail | |
Nassarius italicus snail
Nassarius clathratus snail | |
Ostracoda | |
Pterygocythereis jonesii ostracod | |
Cytheridea neapolitana ostracod | |
Costa edwardsii ostracod | |
Aurila convexa ostracod | |
Foraminifera | |
Neogloboquadrina sp., "Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata
Neogloboquadrina sp. Bandy et al. 1967
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Globigerinoides ruber, Orbulina universa, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Globigerina bulloides
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Foraminifera | |
Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Textularia sagittula Defrance 1824 | |
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina) | |
Globothalamea | |
Lobatula lobatula Walker and Jacob 1798 | |
Ambergrisichnus alleronae Monaco et al. 2014 |