Also known as MCC3
Where: Piedmont, Italy (45.1° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: facies à Congeria Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Late Messinian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. Colombero, D. M. Alba, C. D'Amico, M. Delfino, D. Esu, P. Giuntelli, M. Harzhauser, P. P. A. Masser, M. Mosca, T. A. Neubauer, G. Pavia, M. Pavia, A. Villa and G. Carnevale. 2017. Late Messinian mollusks and vertebrates from Moncucco Torinese, north-western Italy. Paleoecological and paleoclimatological implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.1.10A:1-66 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199860: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 18.02.2019, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Myctophum coppa, Diaphus befralai, Diaphus splendidus, Diaphus taaningi, Benthosema aff. suborbitale, Bolinichthys italicus
Myctophum coppa lanternfish
Diaphus befralai lanternfish
Diaphus splendidus Prochazka 1893 horned lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish
Benthosema aff. suborbitale Gilbert 1913 lanternfish
Bolinichthys italicus lanternfish | |
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus Robba 1970 toadfish | |
Sciaenidarum "sp. nov." Koken 1884
"Trewasciaena" sp. Schwarzhans 1993 | |
Lesueurigobius sp. Whitley 1950 goby | |
Amphibia | |
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Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 frog | |
Hyla ex gr. arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1" Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Parasorex aff. ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993 hedgehog | |
Pantherinae indet. Pocock 1917 cat | |
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer
Pliocervus sp. Hilzheimer 1922 deer | |
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir | |
Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Prolagus sorbinii pika | |
Neocricetodon magnus mouse | |
Stephanomys sp., Micromys bendai, Occitanomys brailloni, Paraethomys meini, Apodemus atavus, Apodemus gudrunae, Centralomys benericettii
Stephanomys sp. Schaub 1938 mouse
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969 mouse
Paraethomys meini mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse
Centralomys benericettii de Guili 1989 mouse | |
Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965 dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse | |
Castorinae indet. beaver | |
Hylopetes hungaricus squirrel | |
Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839 monkey
cf. Macaca indet. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
Reptilia | |
Anguinae "non-Anguis indet" Gray 1825 squamates | |
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
cf. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake | |
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Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle | |
Aves | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl | |
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Theodoxus mutinensis d'Ancona 1869 snail | |
Lucilla miocaenica Harzhauser et al. 2015 slug | |
? Limax fossilis Sacco 1896 slug | |
Agriolimacidae indet. Wagner 1935 slug | |
Milacidae indet. Ellis 1926 slug | |
Parmacella "n. sp." Cuvier 1804 slug | |
Nordsieckia pontica Lueger 1981 slug
Clausilia cf. baudoni Michaud 1862 slug
Truciella ballesioi Truc 1972 slug | |
Cochlostoma esuanum Manganelli and Giusti 1997 snail | |
Craspedopoma conoidale Michaud 1855 snail | |
Saccoia globosa Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail
Saccoia oryza Brusina 1893 snail | |
Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846 snail | |
Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pontalmyra cf. partschi cockle | |
Otolithes | |
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905 |