Cava Boschetto di Nogarole Vicentino (unit D, Nummulites beneharnensis zone) (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 9.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Upper part of Unit D, Nummulites beneharnensis zone, middle Lutetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, green tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Civico G. Zannato (MCZ)

Primary reference: C. Beschin, A. Busulini, A. Angeli and G. Tessier. 1994. I crostacei Eocenici della Cava "Boschetto" di Nogarole Vicentino (VIcenza - Italia settentrionale. Lavori - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 19:159-215 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226615: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Material described by Beschin et al. (2007) might come from the unit E part of the Nummulites beneharnensis zone or from the Nummulites obesus zone lower in unit D.
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Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Boschettocheles magnum n. gen. n. sp.
Boschettocheles magnum n. gen. n. sp. Beschin et al. 2013 lobster
 Decapoda - Diogenidae
Diogenes lessineus n. sp.
Diogenes lessineus n. sp. Beschin et al. 2013 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Lianira convexa, Lophoranina laevifrons, Raninoides cf. fabianii
Lianira convexa Beschin et al. 1991 crab
Lophoranina laevifrons Bittner 1875 crab
Raninoides cf. fabianii Lőrenthey and Beurlen 1929 crab
 Decapoda - Majidae
Micromaia tuberculata, "Micromaia margaritata" = Spinirostrimaia margaritata
Micromaia tuberculata Bittner 1875 spider crab
"Micromaia margaritata" = Spinirostrimaia margaritata Fabiani 1910 spider crab
 Decapoda - Montezumellidae
Montezumella scabra
Montezumella scabra Quayle and Collins 1981 crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Lessinilambrus paleogenicus n. gen. n. sp., Parthenope chiampensis n. sp., Parthenope nummulitica
Lessinilambrus paleogenicus n. gen. n. sp. Beschin et al. 2013 crab
Parthenope chiampensis n. sp. Beschin et al. 2013 crab
Parthenope nummulitica Bittner 1875 crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappilia incisa, Bittnerilia pentagonalis
Calappilia incisa Bittner 1886 box crab
Bittnerilia pentagonalis Beschin et al. 2013 box crab
 Decapoda - Aethridae
Hepatiscus neumayri
Hepatiscus neumayri Bittner 1875 crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Boschettia giampietroi
Boschettia giampietroi Busulini et al. 2003 crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Neptocarcinus millenaris
Neptocarcinus millenaris Lörenthey 1898 swimming crab
 Decapoda - Zanthopsidae
Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata
 Decapoda - Magyarcarcinidae
"Palaeograpsus loczyanus" = Magyarcarcinus loczyanus
"Palaeograpsus loczyanus" = Magyarcarcinus loczyanus Lörenthey 1898 crab
 Decapoda - Litocheiridae
Gollincarcinus levis
Gollincarcinus levis Beschin and de Angeli 2004 crab
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
"Noetlingia claudiopolitana" = Noetlingocarcinus claudiopolitana
"Noetlingia claudiopolitana" = Noetlingocarcinus claudiopolitana Bittner 1893 crab