Montagna della Maiella (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Lettomanoppello

Where: Italy (42.2° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 13.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: middle Member (Bolognano Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• early Burdigalian biochonozone SBZ 25 of Cahuzac and Pignant (1997).

Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• carbonate ramp
• bioclastic calcarenites (grainstones and subordinate packstones) with compound cross-bedding structures, characterized by abundant bryozoan remains, echinoderm fragments (mainly echinoids and chrinoides), molluscs and red algae

Primary reference: S. Marsili, G. Carnevale, E. Danese, G. Bianucci, and W. Landini. 2007. Early Miocene vertebrates from Montagna della Maiella, Italy. Annales de Paleontologie 93:27-66 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70814: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Parotodus benedeni
Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissimus
Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp., Isurus oxyrinchus, Carcharodon subauriculatus, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
Carcharodon subauriculatus Agassiz 1839 white shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Carcharias cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Galeocerdo contortus" = Physogaleus contortus, Negaprion cf. eurybathrodon
"Galeocerdo contortus" = Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
Negaprion cf. eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark
Actinopteri
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labrodon sp.
Labrodon sp. Gervais 1857
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae "morphotype 1", Sparidae "morphotype 2", Diplodus sp.
Diplodus sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon sp., Chilomycterus sp.
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chilomycterus sp. Brisout de Barneville 1846
 Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp.
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
? Kentriodontidae indet.
? Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon sp.
Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
unclassified
  -
Crinozoa indet.
Crinozoa indet. Matsumoto 1929
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
  -
Mollusca indet., Rhodophyta indet.
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Rhodophyta indet. Wettstein 1922
Trigonodon jugleri
  - Trigonodontidae
Trigonodon jugleri
Trigonodon jugleri Münster 1846