Orosei, Sardegna: Early/Lower Pliocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
Muhlfeldtia truncata
synonym of Megerlia
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula magus
Calliostoma cingulatum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella subangulata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica millepunctata Sacco 1890
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassa italica Mayer 1876
recombined as Nassarius cabrierensis italicus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia allionii Bellardi 1877
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis fistulosus (Hörnes 1856)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Chenopus uttingerianus Risso 1826
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys pesfelis
Chlamys scabrella (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Chlamys varia (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) varia
Pecten jacobeus
Hinnites ercolanianus Cocconi 1873
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plicatula Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea cochlear Poli 1795
recombined as Neopycnodonte cochlear
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca diluvii Lamarck 1805
recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama placentina
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina elliptica Borson 1825
recombined as Megaxinus ellipticus
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis almerai
Chevalier 1961 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia charrieri n. sp. Chevalier 1961
Chevalier 1961 2 specimens
Coenocyathus anthophyllites Edwards and Haime 1848
Chevalier 1961 4 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora reflexa (Montanaro 1929)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia guidotti
Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck 1816)
Chevalier 1961 8 specimens
Dendrophyllia oroseiensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961
Chevalier 1961 11 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sardinia
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 9.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.6° North, 7.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit (text in italian). AGE: Early Pliocene; justification on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown (text in italian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY Sandy marl. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown (text in italian). REPOSITORY: Istituto di Geologia dell'Uniersitía di Padova.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs and corals. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated publication, authoritative, and with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:84304
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:S. Jankowski, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-10-07 02:24:43 Last modified:2009-10-02 22:27:54
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30863. I. Dieni and P. Omenetto. 1960. Studio do una macrofauna del Pliocene inferiore di Orosei (Sardegna). Riv Ital Paleont 66(4):605-618 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

28251 J. P. Chevalier. 1961. Les Madreporaires du Pliocene d'orosei ( Nuoro, Sardaigne). Bulletin de la societe de France 7(3):266-270 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski]