Bessima: Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789)
Actinopteri - Alepisauriformes
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Bathysauropsidae
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros albyi (Sauvage 1880)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sicily
Coordinates: 37.6° North, 14.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Messinian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Messinian
Age range of interval: 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:186578
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-26 14:46:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-26 14:46:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
62554. W. Landini and E. Menesini. 1984. Messinian marine fish communities of the Mediterranean Sea. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Serie A 91:279-290 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

72530 W. Landini and L. Sorbini. 1992. Données récentes sur Les téléostéens du Miocène et du Pliocéne d'Italie. Geobios 14:151-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]