PBDB Collection

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Amnycithere propinqua	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Cassano Spinola

	Loxochonca muelleri	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Cassano Spinola
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Testudo craverii Portis 1879	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 4)
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Anguillidae

	Anguilla sp. Schrank 1798	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Lower Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 3)
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

	Myctophum sp. Rafinesque 1810	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)
Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae

	Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz 1839	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 2, 3, 4)
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae

	Microchirus bassanianus	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 4)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

	Spratelloides sp. Bleeker 1851	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Lower Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 2, 3)

	Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Chondrichthyes

	Galeoidea echinophora	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae

	Cavolinia gypsorum (Bellardi 1873)	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)

	Clio sp. Linnaeus 1767	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae

	Limacina sp. Bosc 1817	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae

	Melanopsis sp. Férussac 1807	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Cassano Spinola
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

	Propeamussium sp. (de Gregorio 1884)	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	original and current combination Pecten (Propeamussium)
	Upper Sant'Agata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

	Limnocardium sp. (Stoliczka 1870)	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	original and current combination Lymnocardium
	Cassano Spinola
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

	Congeria sp.	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Cassano Spinola
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

	Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

	Cyprideis agrigentina	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Cassano Spinola
Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae

	Oryctodiplax sp. Cavallo and Galletti 1987	Cavallo and Galletti 1987	88 specimens
	At least 88 wings illustrated

	Oryctodiplax gypsorum n. gen., n. sp. Cavallo and Galletti 1987	Cavallo and Galletti 1987	1 specimen
	G-594 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Euphaeidae

	Epallage aff. fatima	Cavallo and Galletti 1987	1 specimen
	rear wing
	= Epallage sp. Charpentier 1840	Nel and Paicheler 1993
Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

	Sympecma sp. Selys 1840		2 specimens
Insecta - Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae

	Rhinotermes miocenicus n. sp. Nel and Paicheler 1993	Nel and Paicheler 1993	1 specimen
	G.789 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea

	Ulmeriella sp. Meunier 1920	Nel and Paicheler 1993	4 specimens
	G.593, G.786, G.787, G.788 (5 measurements)
Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

	Phragmites oeningensis	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Cassano Spinola (Bed 5)
unclassified

	Umbilicosphaera sp. Lohmann 1902	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich 1877)	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae

	Amaurolithus delicatus	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Coccolithophyceae

	Discoaster sp. Tan 1902	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
unclassified

	Reticulofenestra sp. Hay et al. 1966	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae

	Cibicidoides pseudoungerianus	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Planulina ariminensis	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae

	Melonis barleanum	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae

	Valvulineria bradyana	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Bolivinidae

	Brizalina sp. Costa 1856	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Bolivina dentellata	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Siphogenerinoididae

	Rectuvigerina tenuistriata	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)
Uvigerinidae

	Uvigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Discospirinidae

	Discospirina sp.	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Globigerinidae

	Globigerinoides sp. Cushman 1927	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Orbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Turborotalita multiloba	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Turborotalita quinqueloba (Natland 1938)	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
Globorotaliidae

	Globorotalia nicolae	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Neogloboquadrina acostaensis (Blow 1959)	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Neogloboquadrina atlantica (Berggren 1972)	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata

	Globorotalia conomiozea Kennett 1966	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	recombined as Globoconella conomiozea
	Upper Sant'Agata
Buliminidae

	Bulimina echinata	Dela Pierre et al. 2011
	Upper Sant'Agata
see common names

Geography

Country:	Italy	State/province:	Piedmont
Coordinates:	44.7° North, 8.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	44.6° North, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Messinian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Messinian
Age range of interval:	7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy comments: Sant'Agata Fossili Marls, Gessoso Solfifera Formation and Cassano Spinola Conglomerates (from bottom to top) (Dela Pierre et al. 2011)

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lithified not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.	Tectonic setting:	intermontane basin
Geology comments: Piedmont basin. Deposited in an active transtensional and transpressional tectonic setting. The basin developed between the orogenic wedges of the Alps and Apennines during times of active structural evolution. The result was a complex physiography organized in sub-basins which, through time, hosted several mixed depositional systems characterized by different size, geometry, internal architectural styles and sedimentary facies associations. Since the Miocene, the whole area was dominated by transpressive tectonics. Post-Burdigalian sedimentation was achieved in a highly subsiding asymmetric trough (E–W oriented).

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	adpression
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Civico Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba

Metadata

Database number:	113998
Authorizer:	M. Clapham, A. Dunhill	Enterer:	J. Karr, B. Allen, M. Clapham
Modifier:	B. Allen	Research group:	paleoentomology
Created:	2011-08-08 12:19:57	Last modified:	2018-12-27 09:32:45
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-08-08 12:19:57
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

36994.

A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1994. Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique. Annales de Paléontologie 80(1):1-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]

Secondary references:

42273		O. Cavallo and P. A. Galletti. 1987. Studi di Carlo Sturani du Odonati e altri insetti fossili del Messiniano albese (Piemonte) con descrizione di Oryctodiplax gypsorum n. gen., n. sp. (Odonata, Libellulidae). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 26(1-2):151-176 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
67605		F. Dela Pierre, E. Bernardi, S. Cavagna, P. Clari, R. Gennari, A. Irace, F. Lozar, S. Lugli, V. Manzi, M. Natalicchio, M. Roveri and D. Violanti. 2011. The record of the Messinian salinity crisis in the Tertiary Piedmont Basin (NW Italy): The Alba section revisited. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 310:238-255 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
42270		A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1993. Les Odonata fossiles: état actuel des connaissances. Huitième partie: Les Calopterygoidea fossiles (Odonata, Zygoptera). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 97(4):381-396 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
51528		A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1993. Les Isoptera fossiles. État actuel des connaissances, implications paléoécologiques et paléoclimatologiques (Insecta, Dictyoptera). Cahiers de Paléontologie 1993:102-179 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]