Marna di Possagno Formation: Priabonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Uranoscopidarum cochlearis n. sp. Girone and Nolf 2009
Girone and Nolf 2009
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Aseraggodes laganum n. sp. Girone and Nolf 2009
Girone and Nolf 2009
unclassified
Murex (Pteronotus) rigidus
Monoliopsis sp.
Gryphostrea sp.
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina similis
Natica crassatina Lamarck 1804
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica cochlearia
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cythara sp. Schumacher 1817
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Cryptoconus filosus
Cryptoconus lineolatus
Conorbis sp. Swainson 1840
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Conus marginata
Conus latissimus
Conus veridicus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria sp. Rouault 1848
Borsonia sp. Bellardi 1839
Genota sp. Adams and Adams 1858
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
Tortoliva sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes noae (Lamarck 1803)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Cantharus pseudostenomphalus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis sp. Montfort 1810
Tritonalia sp. Fleming 1828
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta subzonata
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758
Lyria sp. Gray 1847
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853
Athleta subambigua (d'Orbigny 1852)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (Stazzania) crassula
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Pirula sp. (Lamarck 1799)
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777
Galeodea nodosa (Solander in Brander 1766)
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Tibia ampla (Solander in Brander 1766)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Tibia sp. Röding 1798
Tibia spirata
Rimella sp. Agassiz 1840
Gastropoda - Seraphsidae
Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
? Cypraea persona n. sp. Oppenheim 1901
Oppenheim 1901
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Cypraeovula sp. Gray 1824
Gastropoda - Pediculariidae
Cypraeovula elegans (Defrance 1826)
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Simnia (Calpurnea) sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Eratopsis sp. Hörnes and Auinger 1880
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus sp. Guettard 1770
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium verneuili
Cerithium bicariniferum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Tympanotonos stroppus (Brongniart 1823)
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810
Gastropoda - Diastomatidae
Diastoma alpinum
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scala sp. Humphrey
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon simulatus Solander 1766
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Collonia sp. Gray 1850
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna (Acrostemma) coronata
Scaphander fortisii
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) solea (Deshayes 1824)
Amussium corneum
Pecten sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus podopsideus
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1835
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea bersonensis
Ostrea (Lopha) martinsi Archiac 1850
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Vulsella elongata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Cultellus sp. Schumacher 1817
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solenocurtus striatus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina cf. planata Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama dissimilis
Chama subsquamosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799
Tapes cf. destefanii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrena sp. Lamarck
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella plumbea Chemnitz 1824
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
unclassified
Agonidarum sudans n. sp. Girone and Nolf 2009
Girone and Nolf 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 46.2° North, 13.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.2° North, 11.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Priabonian
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marna di Possagno
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Marna di Possagno Fm, which overlies the Scagkua cinerea (Lutetian), and is overlain by the Calcare di St Guistina (Priabonian). THICKNESS: Formation ranges t=from ~450-600 m in thickness. AGE: Priabonian, according to the text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Presumably a composite checklist for the formation in this area.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal argillaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Argillaceous fossiliferous siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Inner shelf (1-72 m), subtropical, fully marine.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown, possibly multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but including a large list of characteristic and common gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENC:LATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with fairly modern nomenclature, and taxonomic assignments at subgenus and species-resolution.
Metadata
Database number:78617
Authorizer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-11 20:59:28 Last modified:2022-07-25 21:22:10
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-11 20:59:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26438. S. Reato. 1983. Significato paleoecologico di una malacofauna eocenica superiore della Marna di Possagno (Trevigiano, Italia NE) nell'ambito delle faune bentoniche dell Tetide. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 22(1-2):65-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

76944 A. Girone and D. Nolf. 2009. Fish otoliths from the Priabonian (Late Eocene) of North Italy and South-East France – Their paleobiogeographical significance. Revue de micropaléontologie 52:195-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24400 P. Oppenheim. 1901. Die Priabonaschichten und ihre Fauna, im Zusammenhange mit gleichalterigen und analogen Ablagerungen vergleichend betrachtet. Palaeontographica 47:1-348 [L. Villier/L. Villier]