Villafranca d'Asti, Fornace Pit (Pliocene of Italy)
Where: Piemonte, Italy (44.9° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 8.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, gray, green claystone
• grey to grey-green humous clay
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: D. H. Mai. 1995. Palaeocarpological investigations in the Villafranchian (Pliocene) of Italy. Bollettino Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali 13(2):407-437 [B. Tiffney/S. Pendleton/S. Pendleton]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27023: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Sara Pendleton on 13.11.2002
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Hypericum cf. danicum St John's wort | |
Paliurus favonii Unger 1847 buckthorn | |
Rubus nanissimus bramble | |
Crataegus azarolus hawthorn | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtus palaeocommunis myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
Nuphar pliocenica water lily | |
Rumex maritimoides dock | |
Cephalanthus kireevskiana coffee | |
Myriophyllum microcarpum water milfoil | |
Corydalis cf. ochroleuca fumewort | |
Potamogeton crispoides pondweed | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cyrilla cf. rhenana" = Huxleyia
"Cyrilla cf. rhenana" = Huxleyia clam |