San Marco (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Sicily, Italy (37.5° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 12.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• dark gray marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. Schwarzhans. 1978. Otolithen aus dem Unter-Pliozän von Süd-Sizilien und aus der Toscana. Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen A 8:1-52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223704: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius merluccius Linnaeus 1758 European hake
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
"Gadiculus communis" = Gadiculus (Gadiculus) argenteus communis Prochazka 1893 silvery pout
 Gadiformes -
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus aff. laterna Walbaum 1792 flatfish
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus sp. Lacépède 1802
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobius truncatus Schwarzhans 1978 goby
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola sp. Linnaeus 1764 perch-like fish