Where: Italy (43.0° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 13.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. From Qm cycle which underlies the Emilian surface and cycle Qm1 and Qc. AGE: Early Pleistocene, Emilian local substage of the Calabrian on the basis of foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From immediately below the Emilian surface,
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Some of the authors of this publication, though not specified in text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: L. Ragaini, G. Cantalamessa, C. Di Celma, P. Didaskalou, R. Impiccini, P. Lori, M. Marino, M. Potetti, and S. Ragazzini. 2007. First Emilian record of the boreal-affinity bivalve Portlandia impressa Perri, 1975 from Montefiore dell'Aso (Marche, Italy). Bollettino della Societá Italiana 45(2-3):227-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77008: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Orbulina universa, Orbulina suturalis, Globigerinoides helicinus, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides tenellus, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerina bulloides
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Orbulina suturalis Bronnimann 1951
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides tenellus Parker 1958
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, "Paragloborotalia siakensis" = Globorotalia siakensis, "Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma Ehrenberg 1861
"Paragloborotalia siakensis" = Globorotalia siakensis LeRoy 1939
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Sigmoilopsis schlumbergei, Sigmoilopsis sp., Sigmoilinita sp., Sigmoilinita tenuis, Quinqueloculina oblonga, Quinqueloculina sp.
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Foraminifera | |
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lagena striata Williamson 1848 | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Globobulimina ovula, Bulimina fusiformis, Bulimina minima, Bulimina elongata, Bulimina etnea, Bulimina elegans, Bulimina sublimbata, Bulimina corsiniana, Bulimina marginata, Praeglobobulimina ovata
Bulimina minima Tedeschi and Zanmatti 1957
Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846
Bulimina etnea Seguenza 1862
Bulimina elegans d'Orbigny 1826
Bulimina sublimbata Panizza 1967
Bulimina corsiniana Perconig 1955
Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Pleurostomella alternans Schwager 1866 | |
Trifarina bradyi Cushman 1923 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium inaequicostatum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana commutata pointed nut clam | |
Portlandia impressa Perri 1975 clam | |
"Lamellinucula sulcata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula)
"Lamellinucula sulcata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) nut clam | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Pitar rudis, "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Pitar rudis Poli 1795 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834 cockle
Cardium indicum Lamarck 1818 cockle | |
Azorinus chamasolen clam | |
Tellina distorta Poli 1791 tellin clam
Tellina pulchella Lamarck 1818 tellin clam | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Chlamys cf. glabra scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Aequipecten operularis scallop | |
Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Rhombostoma cf. carmelae Brugnone 1873 snail | |
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Nassarius cf. italicus snail
Nassarius gigantulus Bonelli in Michelotti 1840 snail | |
Teretia teres Reeve 1844 snail | |
"Mangelia attenuata" = Cythara (Mangelia), "Mangelia ruperrima" = Cythara (Mangelia), Neoguraleus hispidulus
"Mangelia attenuata" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
"Mangelia ruperrima" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
Neoguraleus hispidulus snail | |
Hadriania oretea murex snail | |
Euspira fusca moon snail
Naticarius stercusmuscarum moon snail | |
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell SUBSPECIES: T. tricarinata pliorecens
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Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Epitonium cantrainei wentletrap
Epitonium spiniferum wentletrap |