Monte Fallano (Jurassic to of Italy)

Where: Italy (41.4° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° N, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Plattenkalk Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. T. Jones, R. M. Feldmann, and A. Garassino. 2014. Three new isopod species and a new occurrence of the tanaidacean Niveotanais brunnensis Polz, 2005 from the Jurassic Plattenkalk Beds of Monte Fallano, Italy. Journal of Crustacean Biology 34(6):739-753 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207103: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.12.2019

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Tanaidacea - Niveotanaidae
Niveotanais brunnensis Jones et al. 2014
 Isopoda - Cirolanidae
Palaega furcillanatis n. sp. Jones et al. 2014 pill bug
 Isopoda - Sphaeromatidae
Sphaeroma montefallanoense n. sp. Jones et al. 2014 isopod
 Isopoda - Archaeoniscidae
Archaeoniscus italiensis n. sp. Jones et al. 2014 isopod