PBDB Collection

Case il Poggio: Zanclean, Italy

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Peliciora gigas	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Gephyrocaspa sp.	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Gaminlitella rotula	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Ceratholithus cristatus	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Odontoceti indet.	Bianucci and Landini 2005

	Helicosphaera sellii	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich 1877)	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Reticulofenestra pseudoumbillicus	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Reticulofenestra sp. Hay et al. 1966	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Syracosphaera sp. Lohmann 1902	Bianucci et al. 2001
Coccolithophyceae

	Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich 1877)	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Discoaster asymmetricus	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Discoaster tamalis	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Discoaster sp. Tan 1902	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette 1963	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Pontosphaera multipora Roth 1970	Bianucci et al. 2001
Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Calciosoleniaceae

	Scapholithus fossilus	Bianucci et al. 2001
	synonym of Calciosolenia
Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Rhabdosphaeraceae

	Rhabdosphaera sp. Haeckel 1894	Bianucci et al. 2001
Coccolithophyceae

	Sphenolithus sp. Deflandre 1952	Bianucci et al. 2001
Coccolithophyceae - Isochrysidales - Noelaerhabdaceae

	Pseudoemiliania lacunosa	Bianucci et al. 2001
Coccolithophyceae - Zygodiscales - Pontosphaeraceae

	Scyphosphaera sp. Lohmann 1902	Bianucci et al. 2001
Globigerinidae

	Globigerinoides hellcinus	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides bolli	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides immaturus	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides quadrilobatus	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides obliquus Bolli 1957	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny 1839)	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides extremus (Bolli and Bermudez 1965)	Bianucci et al. 2001
	original and current combination Globigerinoides obliquus extremus

	Globigerinoides elongatus (d'Orbigny 1826)	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Sphaeroidinellopsis sp. Banner and Blow 1959	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinoides sacculifer (Brady 1877)	Bianucci et al. 2001
	recombined as Trilobatus sacculifer

	Globigerinella siphonifera (d'Orbigny 1839)	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globigerinella obesa (Bolli 1957)	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Zeaglobigerina apertura	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Zeaglobigerina decoraperta	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Zeaglobigerina woodi	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Orbulina suturalis Bronnimann 1951	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839	Bianucci et al. 2001
Globorotaliidae

	Globorotalia puncticulata	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Globorotalia margaritae Bolli and Bermudez 1965	Bianucci et al. 2001
	recombined as Globorotalia (Hirsutella) margaritae

	Neogloboquadrina acostaensis (Blow 1959)	Bianucci et al. 2001
Globigerinitidae

	Globigerinita glutinata (Egger 1893)	Bianucci et al. 2001
Elphidiidae

	Elphidium crispum	Bianucci et al. 2001
Rotaliidae

	Ammonia beccarii	Bianucci et al. 2001
Hedbergellidae

	Turborotalia quinqueloba	Bianucci et al. 2001
	original and current combination Globorotalia (Turborotalia)
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

	Metaxytherium gervaisi (Capellini 1872)	Bianucci et al. 2001	4 specimens
	synonym of Metaxytherium subapenninum
	4 specimens according to Dominici et al 2018
Mammalia - Bovidae

	Alephis lyrix Gromolard 1980	Bianucci et al. 2001
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

	Balaena etrusca Capellini 1872	Pilleri 1987
	nomen nudum belonging to Balanadae

	Balaenotus lawleyi (Capellini 1876)	Pilleri 1987	1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

	Choneziphius planirostris (Cuvier 1824)
	= Tusciziphius crispus n. gen., n. sp. Bianucci 1997	Bianucci 1997

	Dioplodon tenuirostris (Owen 1870)	Capellini 1885
	= Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850	Sarti and Larnzetti 2014
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

	Stephanorhinus jeanvireti (Guérin 1972)	Bianucci et al. 2001
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

	Panopea glicimeris	Bianucci et al. 2001
Coccosphaerales - Calcidiscaceae

	Calcidiscus leptoporus (Murray and Blackman 1898)	Bianucci et al. 2001

	Calcidiscus macintyrei (Bukry and Bramlette 1969)	Bianucci et al. 2001
unclassified

	Teredolites sp. Leymerie 1842	Bianucci et al. 2001
see common names

Geography

Country:	Italy	State/province:	Siena	County:	Val di Pugna
Coordinates:	43.3° North, 11.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	43.2° North, 11.2° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Pliocene
Stage:	Zanclean	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Zanclean	Zone:	MN 14
Age range of interval:	5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphy comments: 4.12–3.84; age after Sorbi et al. 2012

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	bioturbation,fine,yellow sandstone
Secondary lithology:	blue claystone
Includes fossils?	Y
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: massive bioturbated fine-grained yellow sands
Environment:	coastal indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	Fangonero, Pozzaia, Val di Pugna
Database number:	45497
Authorizer:	M. Uhen	Enterer:	N. Pyenson, M. Uhen
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2004-10-26 07:40:27	Last modified:	2024-03-29 13:28:10
Access level:	the public	Released:	2004-10-26 07:40:27
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

11911.

G. Bianucci. 1997. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. The Ziphiidae. Palaeontographica Italica 84:163-192 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson/N. Pyenson]

Secondary references:

87930		K. Agiadi, N. Hohmann, E. Gliozzi, D. Thivaiou, F. R. Bosellini, M. Taviani, G. Bianucci, A. Collareta, L. Londeix, C. Faranda, F. Bulian, E. Koskeridou, F. Lozar, A. M. Mancini, S. Dominici, P. Moissette, I. B. Campos, E. Borghi, G. Iliopoulos, A. Antonarakou, and G. Kontakiotis. 2024. A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth System Science Data [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
34893		G. Bianucci, G. Carone, D. P. Domning, W. Landini, L. Rook and S. Sorbi. 2008. Peri-Messinian dwarfing in Mediterranean Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Sirenia): Evidence of habitat degradation related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Garyounis Scientific Bulletin 5:145-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
32997		G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2005. I paleositi a vertebrati fossili della Provinia di Pisa. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali - Memorie serie A 110:1-21 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15057		G. Bianucci, P. Mazza, and D. Merola, G., and A. Cascella. 2001. The early Pliocene mammal assemblage of Val di Pugna (Tuscany, Italy) in the light of calcareous plankton biostratigraphical data and paleoecological observations. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 107(3):425-438 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
14622		G. Capellini. 1885. Resti fossili di Dioplodon e Mesoplodon. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna 6:289-306 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64526		E. Cioppi. 2014. I cetacei fossili a Firenze, una storia lunga più di 250 anni. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:81-89 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
64034		S. Dominici, S. Danise, and M. Benvenuti. 2018. Pliocene stratigraphic paleobiology in Tuscany and the fossil record of marine megafauna. Earth-Science Reviews 176:277-310 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13332		G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
62989		C. Sarti and A. Larnzetti. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini dell’Università di Bologna. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:70-78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
41533		S. Sorbi, D. P. Domning, S. C. Vaiani and G. Bianucci. 2012. Metaxytherium subapenninum (Bruno, 1839) (Mammalia, Dugongidae), the latest sirenian of the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):686-707 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]