Cava Bertocchi di San Pietro Mussolino (Tufo a Lophoranina) (Eocene of Italy)

Also known as Cava di Alvese

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Lower Lutetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, volcaniclastic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Civico “G. Zannato” di Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza)

Primary reference: A. De Angeli and C. Beschin. 2007. I crostacei Notopodinae (Brachyura, Raninidae) del Terziario del Vicentino (Italia Settentrionale). Studi e Ricerche - Associazione Amici del Museo - Museo Civico "G. Zannato" 14:25-42 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226785: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Rosa Valdez on 27.07.2022, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Phlyctenodes pustulosus Milne-Edwards 1862 stone crab
 Decapoda - Matutidae
Pseudohepatiscus silvanoi n. sp. De Angeli and Beschin 1999 crab
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Lianira isidoroi Beschin et al. 2007 crab
Lophoranina marestiana König 1825 crab