Ciabot Cagna (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.7° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 7.5° E)

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Carnevale, F. Dela Pierre, M. Natalicchio and W. Landini. 2018. Fossil marine fishes and the ʻLago Mareʼ event: Has the Mediterranean ever transformed into a brackish lake?. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 51(1):57-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220502: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Zosterissessor aff. ophiocephalus
Actinopteri
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet., Gobius aff. multipinnatus, Gobius sp.
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
Gobius sp. Linnaeus 1758 goby
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp., Hygophum cf. hygomi, Ceratoscopelus sp.
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Hygophum cf. hygomi Lütken 1892 Bermuda lantern fish
Ceratoscopelus sp. Günther 1864 lanternfish