Orosei, Sardegna (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.4° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit (text in italian). AGE: Early Pliocene; justification on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown (text in italian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, sandy marl

• LITHOLOGY Sandy marl. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown (text in italian). REPOSITORY: Istituto di Geologia dell'Uniersitía di Padova.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84304: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sophie Jankowski on 07.10.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs and corals. NOMENCLATURE: Somewhat antiquated publication, authoritative, and with species-resolution identifications.
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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Kraussinidae
"Muhlfeldtia truncata" = Megerlia
"Muhlfeldtia truncata" = Megerlia
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella subangulata
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica millepunctata
Natica millepunctata Sacco 1890 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Chenopus uttingerianus
Chenopus uttingerianus Risso 1826 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis fistulosus
Typhis fistulosus Hörnes 1856 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia allionii
Drillia allionii Bellardi 1877 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa italica" = Nassarius cabrierensis italicus
"Nassa italica" = Nassarius cabrierensis italicus Mayer 1876 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma cingulatum, Gibbula magus
Gibbula magus top snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama placentina
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina elliptica" = Megaxinus ellipticus
"Lucina elliptica" = Megaxinus ellipticus Borson 1825 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea cochlear" = Neopycnodonte cochlear
"Ostrea cochlear" = Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea plicatula
Ostrea plicatula Gmelin 1791 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus concentricus, Hinnites ercolanianus, Chlamys pesfelis, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, "Chlamys scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus, Pecten jacobeus
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831 scallop
Hinnites ercolanianus Cocconi 1873 scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus Lamarck 1819 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Arca diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis almerai
Madracis almerai stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Coenocyathus anthophyllites, Caryophyllia charrieri n. sp.
Coenocyathus anthophyllites Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Caryophyllia charrieri n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora reflexa
Madrepora reflexa Montanaro 1929 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia guidotti, Dendrophyllia oroseiensis n. sp., Dendrophyllia cornigera
Dendrophyllia oroseiensis n. sp. Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Dendrophyllia cornigera Lamarck 1816 stony coral