Cossato (Biella) (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.6° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray sandstone

• Sandy gray beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontologia Università di Torino (PU)

Primary reference: A. Garassino, A. De Angeli, L. M. Gallo and G. Pasini. 2004. Brachyuran and anomuran fauna from the Cenozoic of Piedmont (NW Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 145(2):251-281 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221587: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Paguridae
Pagurus sp.
Pagurus sp. Fabricius 1775 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappa granulata
Calappa granulata Linnaeus 1758 box crab
 Decapoda - Leucosiidae
"Ilia pliocaenica" = Ristoria pliocaenica
"Ilia pliocaenica" = Ristoria pliocaenica Ristori 1891 crab
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
? Pilumnus sp.
? Pilumnus sp. Leach 1816 crab
 Decapoda - Eriphiidae
Eriphia sp.
Eriphia sp. Latreille 1817 crab
 Decapoda - Euryplacidae
Chlinocephalus demissifrons
Chlinocephalus demissifrons Ristori 1886 crab
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Goneplax rhomboides
Goneplax rhomboides Linnaeus 1758 crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Carcinus sp.
Carcinus sp. Leach 1814 crab