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 | |
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus Robba 1970 toadfish | |
"Trewasciaena" sp. Schwarzhans 1993
Sciaenidarum "sp. nov." Koken 1884 | |
Lesueurigobius sp. Whitley 1950 goby | |
Bolinichthys italicus, Myctophum coppa, Benthosema aff. suborbitale, Diaphus befralai, Diaphus taaningi, Diaphus splendidus
Bolinichthys italicus lanternfish
Myctophum coppa lanternfish
Benthosema aff. suborbitale Gilbert 1913 lanternfish
Diaphus befralai lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish
Diaphus splendidus Prochazka 1893 horned lanternfish | |
Amphibia | |
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Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 frog | |
Hyla ex gr. arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog | |
Reptilia | |
Anguinae "non-Anguis indet" Gray 1825 squamates | |
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake | |
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Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
cf. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Aves | |
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl | |
Reptilia | |
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1" Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839 monkey
cf. Macaca indet. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
Hylopetes hungaricus squirrel | |
Micromys bendai, Paraethomys meini, Stephanomys sp., Occitanomys brailloni, Centralomys benericettii, Apodemus atavus, Apodemus gudrunae
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Paraethomys meini mouse
Stephanomys sp. Schaub 1938 mouse
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969 mouse
Centralomys benericettii de Guili 1989 mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse | |
Neocricetodon magnus mouse | |
Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965 dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse | |
Castorinae indet. beaver | |
Prolagus sorbinii pika | |
Parasorex aff. ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993 hedgehog | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
Pantherinae indet. Pocock 1917 cat | |
Pliocervus sp. Hilzheimer 1922 deer
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer | |
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir | |
Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Cochlostoma esuanum Manganelli and Giusti 1997 snail | |
Craspedopoma conoidale Michaud 1855 snail | |
Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835 snail | |
Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846 snail | |
Saccoia oryza Brusina 1893 snail
Saccoia globosa Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail | |
Lucilla miocaenica Harzhauser et al. 2015 slug | |
Parmacella "n. sp." Cuvier 1804 slug | |
Milacidae indet. Ellis 1926 slug | |
? Limax fossilis Sacco 1896 slug | |
Agriolimacidae indet. Wagner 1935 slug | |
Clausilia cf. baudoni Michaud 1862 slug
Truciella ballesioi Truc 1972 slug
Nordsieckia pontica Lueger 1981 slug | |
Theodoxus mutinensis d'Ancona 1869 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pontalmyra cf. partschi cockle | |
Otolithes | |
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905 |