Sardinia3 (Cretaceous to of Italy)

Where: Sardinia, Italy (40.3° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 132.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt and I. Dieni. 1989. The Sardinian Early Cretaceous Bivalves and their Paleobiogeographic Affinities. In J. Wiedmann (ed.), Cretaceous of the Western Tethys. Proceedings 3rd International Cretaceous Symposium, Tuebingen 1987:281-297 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

PaleoDB collection 2089: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 22.06.1999

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Taxonomic list

• Uppermost Valanginian and Lower Hauterivian occur in the same facies in Eastern Sardinia. Therefore the species from both levels are listed together; generally, species found in latest Valanginian beds also occur in early Hauterivian beds of the same formation
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon boussingaulti d'Orbigny 1842 oyster
cf. Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster
originally entered as "Ceratostreon cf. tuberculiferum"
Aetostreon latissimum Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
? Limaria dubisiensis file clam
originally entered as "Limaria? dubisiensis"
? Ctenoides undatus file clam
originally entered as "Ctenoides? undatus"
cf. Acesta subrigida file clam
originally entered as "Acesta cf. subrigida"
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus roemeri scallop
originally entered as "Spondyluls roemeri"
cf. Chlamys elongata Lamarck 1819 scallop
originally entered as "Chlamys cf. elongata"
Mimachlamys robinaldina Orbigny 1847 scallop
? Chlamys archiaciana Orbigny 1847 scallop
originally entered as "Chlamys? archiaciana"
Camptonectes cottaldinus Orbigny 1847 scallop
originally entered as "Comptonectes cottaldinus"
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop
Neithea valangiensis Pictet and Campiche 1870 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"ex gr. Inoceramus neocomiensis" = Neocomiceramus neocomiensis
"ex gr. Inoceramus neocomiensis" = Neocomiceramus neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1845 clam
originally entered as "Inoceramus ex gr. neocomiensis"
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya gigantea Sowerby 1836 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
cf. Gastrochaena sinuosa clam
originally entered as "Gastrochaena cf. sinuosa"
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Pleuriocardia voltzii cockle
originally entered as "Pleuriocardia? voltzii"
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus cornueliana venus clam
Venus thurmanni venus clam
Venus vendoperana venus clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
"Thetis minor" = Thetironia minor
"Thetis minor" = Thetironia minor Sowerby 1826 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaera corrugata Sowerby 1822 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae