Unit 3, Sample C4 - Poggio al Lupo Quarry: Early/Lower Pliocene, Italy
collected by Benvenuti & Dominici
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Apicularia sulzeriana
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Chryallida interstincta
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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Tricolia pulla
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Gibbula brocchi
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides tricinctus
(Brocchi 1814)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium reticulatum
(Montagu 1803)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bittium deshayesi
Cerulli Irelli 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoa angulatacuta
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85 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Hinia reticulata
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24 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia) | ||||||||||
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Hinia sp.
Gray 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hydrobiidae
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Hydrobia sp.
Hartmann 1821
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56 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Tornus sp.
Turton and Kingston 1830
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Cerithium vulgatum
Bruguière 1789
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| recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum | ||||||||||
| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichna cilindracea
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla sp.
Risso 1826
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula aruiculata
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Solen marginatus
Pulteney 1799
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Ensis ensis
(Linnaeus 1767)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Solen ensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Barnea candida
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliidae
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Bornia sebetia
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Tapes decussatus
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Tapes eremita
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Eastonia rugosa
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Standella (Eastonia) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cerastoderma edule
(Linnaeus 1758)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Scrobicularia plana
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137 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Gastrana fragilis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara darwini
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| Present only as a juvenile | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 10.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 10.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the upper part of the Pliocene sedimentary tectonic cycles in Arno Valley basin, which . THICKNESS: From bed within section of about 35 m thickness. AGE: Early Pliocene, on the basis of lithostratigraphic correlation, which ties this section into the Globorotalia crassaformis biozone, immediately preceding the middle Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unit 3, near the middle of the section, collected in shelly silt layer in the upper part of facies 3b. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shelly sand, red in color, bioturbation. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens and outcrop photos. | |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Marsh and open lagoon settings. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 1.000 |
| Collection size: | 472 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collectors: | Benvenuti & Dominici |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Presumably M. Benvenuti and S. Dominici. REPOSITORY: Presumably, Dipartmento di Scienze della Terra, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with taxa identified to species resolution. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78337 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-03 15:58:40 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-03 15:58:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26370. | M. Benvenuti and S. Dominici. 1992. Facies analysis, paleoecology and sequence stratigraphy in a Pliocene siliciclastic succession, Sanb Miniato (Pisa, Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 31(2):241-259 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |