Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. AGE: Priabonian type section, Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of stage in type area, which is about 90 m thick.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; conglomeratic sandstone and calcareous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on survey of literature. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: G. Piccoli and E. Savazzi. 1983. Five shallow benthic mollusc faunas from the Upper Eocene (Baron, Priabona, Garoowe, Nanggulan, Takashima). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 22(1-2):31-47 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 78565: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Pseudomiltha gigantea, Gibbolucina lefebvrei, Saxolucina saxorum, "Lucina" priabonensis, "Lucina" textilis
Pseudomiltha gigantea Deshayes 1825 clam
Saxolucina saxorum Lamarck 1806 clam
"Lucina" textilis clam | |
Corbula exarata clam
Corbula valdensis clam
"Corbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Corbicula sirena clam | |
Venus helvetica venus clam
Chione praecursor venus clam
Meretrix hungarica venus clam
Pitar villanovae venus clam | |
Chama dissimilis jewel box
Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817 jewel box
Chama calcarata Lamarck 1806 jewel box | |
Tellina granconensis tellin clam | |
Solecurtus striatus clam | |
Gari fischeri clam | |
Nemocardium parisiense, Cardium cf. rouyanum, "Vepricardium gratum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum, Loxocardium obliquum, Nemocardium polyptyctum, Nemocardium parile, Trachycardium bonellii, Trachycardium granconense
Nemocardium parisiense d'Orbigny 1850 cockle
Cardium cf. rouyanum cockle
"Vepricardium gratum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum Defrance in Deshayes 1829 cockle
Loxocardium obliquum Lamarck 1805 cockle
Nemocardium polyptyctum cockle
Nemocardium parile Deshayes 1858 cockle
Trachycardium bonellii cockle
Trachycardium granconense cockle | |
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840 clam | |
"Solena plagiaulax" = Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax
"Solena plagiaulax" = Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax Cossmann 1886 clam | |
Venericardia bericorum, "Venericardia laurae" = Cardita (Venericardia) laurae, Venericardia complanata
"Venericardia laurae" = Cardita (Venericardia) laurae Brongniart 1823 clam
Venericardia complanata Deshayes 1825 clam | |
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Arca cossmanni, Arca biangula, Barbatia auversiensis, Barbatia barbatula, Barbatia rigaulti, Barbatia scabrosa, "Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata
Arca cossmanni ark
Arca biangula Lamarck 1805 ark
Barbatia barbatula clam
Barbatia rigaulti clam
Barbatia scabrosa clam
"Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam [entered as Barbatia appendicula]
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Glycymeris dispar Defrance 1826 clam
Glycymeris pulvinata Lamarck 1805 clam
Glycymeris jacquoti Tournouer 1873 clam | |
Pinna "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Hyotissa cf. hyotis, "Pycnodonte gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica, Pycnodonte bryozophila, Pycnodonte brongniarti, Gryphaeostrea eversa
Hyotissa cf. hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
"Pycnodonte gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster
Pycnodonte bryozophila oyster
Pycnodonte brongniarti oyster
Gryphaeostrea eversa oyster | |
Ostrea flabellulaeformis, Ostrea linguatula, Ostrea bersonensis, Lopha cf. plicatula, Lopha martinsi
Ostrea flabellulaeformis oyster
Ostrea linguatula oyster
Ostrea bersonensis oyster
Lopha cf. plicatula oyster
Lopha martinsi oyster | |
Lima rossii file clam
Lima postalensis file clam
"Lima rara" = Lima (Ctenoides) rara Deshayes 1858 file clam | |
Spondylus rarispina, Spondylus cisalpinus, Spondylus podopsideus, Spondylus radula, Spondylus buchi, Chlamys tela, Chlamys subdiscors, Chlamys biarritzensis, "Pseudamussium solea" = Chlamys solea, "Chlamys paueri" = Lentipecten paueri, Lentipecten corneus
Spondylus rarispina scallop
Spondylus cisalpinus scallop
Spondylus podopsideus scallop
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop
Spondylus buchi Philippi 1846 scallop
Chlamys tela scallop
Chlamys subdiscors scallop
Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846 scallop
"Pseudamussium solea" = Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop
"Chlamys paueri" = Lentipecten paueri Frauscher 1886 scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
Lithophaga antillarum d'Orbigny 1853 mussel
Botula cordata mussel
Brachidontes corrugatus mussel
Septifer eurydices mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria crearoi snail
Pleurotomaria humilis snail | |
Angaria calcar snail
Angaria lima snail | |
Collonia subturbinata snail | |
Tectus mitratus top snail
Tectus granellensis top snail | |
Neritopsis parisiensis snail
Neritopsis pustulosa snail | |
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata Solander 1766 snail | |
Architectonica bistriata sundial | |
Hipponix cornucopiae hoof shell
Hipponix dilata hoof shell | |
Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Polinices achatensis moon snail
Natica canovae moon snail
"Natica pasinii" = Tectonatica pasinii Bayan 1870 moon snail | |
Xenophora agglutinus, "Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans
Xenophora agglutinus carrier shell
"Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans Brongniart 1823 carrier shell | |
"Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla, Dientomochilus ornatus
"Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail
Dientomochilus ornatus snail | |
Paraseraphs placitus snail
Seraphs sopitus snail | |
Aporrhais zignoi snail | |
Rimella multiplicata, Rimella fissurella, "Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa, Tibia goniophora, Tibia spirata
Rimella multiplicata true conch
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
"Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa Sowerby 1824 true conch
Tibia goniophora true conch
Tibia spirata true conch | |
Ficus priabonensis, "Ficopsis greenwoodi" = Ficus greenwoodi
Ficus priabonensis fig shell
"Ficopsis greenwoodi" = Ficus greenwoodi Sowerby 1825 fig shell | |
Charonia cf. triamans triton
Charonia rossii triton | |
"Galeodea nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa Solander in Brander 1766 snail
Cassis ambigua snail
Cassis mammillaris Grateloup 1927 snail | |
Conus latissimus, Conus diversiformis, Conus cf. grateloupi, Cryptoconus filosus, Cryptoconus elongatus, Cryptoconus priscus
Conus latissimus cone shell
Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell
Conus cf. grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852 cone shell
Cryptoconus filosus cone shell
Cryptoconus elongatus cone shell
Cryptoconus priscus cone shell | |
Athleta besanconi, "Athleta cithara" = Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara, Volutocorbis crenulifera, "Athleta ambiguus" = Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus, Voluta vesiculifera, Voluta subzonata, Voluta bericorum, Voluta pileifera, Lyria harpula, Volutilithes placentiger
Athleta besanconi volute
"Athleta cithara" = Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara Lamarck 1802 volute
Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan 1870 volute
"Athleta ambiguus" = Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus Solander in Brander 1766 volute
Voluta vesiculifera volute
Voluta subzonata volute
Voluta bericorum volute
Voluta pileifera volute
Lyria harpula Lamarck 1802 volute
Volutilithes placentiger volute | |
Gibberula ovulata snail | |
Marginella crassula margin shell
Marginella perkeo margin shell | |
Typhis hortensis, "Hexaplex spinulosus" = Poirieria (Flexopteron) spinulosa
Typhis hortensis murex snail
"Hexaplex spinulosus" = Poirieria (Flexopteron) spinulosa Deshayes 1865 murex snail | |
Unitas vincenti snail | |
Cantharus pseudostenomphalus, Cantharus subcostulatus, Siphonalia sclarina, "Cantharus polygonus" = Editharus polygonus
Cantharus pseudostenomphalus true whelk
Cantharus subcostulatus true whelk
Siphonalia sclarina true whelk
"Cantharus polygonus" = Editharus polygonus Lamarck 1803 true whelk | |
Melongena subcarinata snail
Melongena piruloides snail | |
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828 cowry | |
Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826 snail | |
Bittium semigranosum, "Ptychocerithium lamellosum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium), "Clava striata" = Rhinoclavis
Bittium semigranosum cerith snail
"Ptychocerithium lamellosum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cerith snail
"Clava striata" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |
Melanopsis carinata snail | |
Tenagodus striatus snail | |
Bayania stygis snail | |
Diastoma alpinum snail
Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804 snail | |
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria, "Turritella lamarcki" = Haustator praecessus, "Turritella asperula" = Turritella (Haustator) asperula, Sigmesalia fasciata, "Vermicularia polygona" = Vermicularia (Anguillospira) polygona, "Vermicularia conica" = Vermicularia (Vermicularia) conica, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera, "Turritella sulcifera" = Ispharina sulcifera, Turritella gradataeformis
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Turritella lamarcki" = Haustator praecessus Defrance 1828 turret shell
"Turritella asperula" = Turritella (Haustator) asperula Brogniart 1823 turret shell
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Vermicularia polygona" = Vermicularia (Anguillospira) polygona Deshayes 1861 turret shell
"Vermicularia conica" = Vermicularia (Vermicularia) conica Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell
"Turritella sulcifera" = Ispharina sulcifera Deshayes 1832 turret shell
Turritella gradataeformis turret shell | |
"Scala bryozoophila" = Epitonium (Scala)
"Scala bryozoophila" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Nerita tricarinata Lamarck 1804 snail
Velates pervesus snail |