Cycle Qm - Grotti section, Montefiore (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.0° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. From Qm cycle which underlies the Emilian surface and cycle Qm1 and Qc. AGE: Early Pleistocene, Emilian local substage of the Calabrian on the basis of foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From immediately below the Emilian surface,

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, silty mudstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Inner shelf setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Massively bioturbated silty mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and age.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Some of the authors of this publication, though not specified in text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: L. Ragaini, G. Cantalamessa, C. Di Celma, P. Didaskalou, R. Impiccini, P. Lori, M. Marino, M. Potetti, and S. Ragazzini. 2007. First Emilian record of the boreal-affinity bivalve Portlandia impressa Perri, 1975 from Montefiore dell'Aso (Marche, Italy). Bollettino della Societá Italiana 45(2-3):227-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77008: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.12.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for all gastropoda, bivalvia, scaphopoda, foraminifera, and calcareous nannofossils.
unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina sublimbata Panizza 1967
Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846
Bulimina corsiniana Perconig 1955
Bulimina elegans d'Orbigny 1826
Bulimina minima Tedeschi and Zanmatti 1957
Bulimina etnea Seguenza 1862
Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Lagena striata Williamson 1848
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Textularia sagittula Defrance 1824
Textularia soldanii Fornasini 1883
  - Chilostomellidae
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinitidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata d'Orbigny 1839
"Paragloborotalia siakensis" = Globorotalia siakensis LeRoy 1939
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminacea - Reusselidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Trifarina bradyi Cushman 1923
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
 Rotaliina - Pleurostomellidae
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell
SUBSPECIES: T. tricarinata pliorecens
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius gigantulus Bonelli in Michelotti 1840 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia attenuata" = Cythara (Mangelia), "Mangelia ruperrima" = Cythara (Mangelia), Neoguraleus hispidulus
"Mangelia attenuata" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
"Mangelia ruperrima" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Teretia teres Reeve 1844 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hadriania oretea murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Iravadiidae
Rhombostoma cf. carmelae Brugnone 1873 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar rudis Poli 1795 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834 cockle
Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Cardium indicum Lamarck 1818 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina pulchella Lamarck 1818 tellin clam
Tellina distorta Poli 1791 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Lamellinucula sulcata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula)
"Lamellinucula sulcata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana commutata pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Portlandia impressa Perri 1975 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell