Penisola Maddalena: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
cf. Caperea sp. Gray 1864
1 specimen
MSNC 4451
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. (Rafinesque 1816)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sicily
Coordinates: 37.0° North, 15.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.0° North, 15.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: poorly lithified, weakly stratified calcareous sandstones containing abundant bivalves (especially ostreids and pectinids), gastropods, brachiopods (terebratulids), and barnacles.
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:189318
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-10-10 10:53:51 Last modified:2017-10-10 10:54:59
Access level:the public Released:2017-10-10 10:53:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63558. C.-H. Tsai, A. Collareta, E. M. G. Fitzgerald, F. G. Marx, N. Kohno, M. Bosselaers, G. Insacco, A. Reitano, R. Catanzariti, M. Oishi, and G. Bianucci. 2017. Northern pygmy right whales highlight Quaternary marine mammal interchange. Current Biology 27:R1037-R1059 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]