Also known as Allerona
Where: Umbria, Italy (42.8° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 11.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 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 200420: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.04.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Cytherella vulgatella ostracod | |
Bosquetina carinella ostracod
Pterygocythereis jonesii ostracod | |
Acanthocythereis hystrix Reuss 1850 ostracod
Costa edwardsii ostracod | |
Krithe praetexta ostracod
Cytheridea neapolitana ostracod | |
Echinocythereis pustulata ostracod | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium fossile tusk shell
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Ringicula auriculata" = Ringicula minor
"Ringicula auriculata" = Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail | |
Epitomium sp. wentletrap | |
Turritella spirata turret shell
Haustator vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell | |
Nassarius italicus snail | |
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula placentina, "Nucula fragilis" = Nucula (Nucula) fragilis
Nucula placentina nut clam
"Nucula fragilis" = Nucula (Nucula) fragilis Deshayes 1829 nut clam | |
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster | |
Pecten jacobaeus scallop
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop
Aequipecten opercolaris scallop | |
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Glossus humanus clam | |
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Glans intermedia Brocchi 1814 clam | |
Foraminifera | |
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina) | |
Globigerinoides ruber, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer, Globigerina cariacoensis
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877 | |
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Globothalamea | |
Nodosariata | |
Ambergrisichnus alleronae n. gen. n. sp.
Ambergrisichnus alleronae n. gen. n. sp. Monaco et al. 2014 |