Telegrafo (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (39.0° N, 17.1° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 17.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Review of previously published collections. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: R. Nalin, D. Basso, and F. Massari. 2006. Pleistocene coralline algal build-ups (corallige`ne de plateau) and associated bioclastic deposits in the sedimentary cover of Cutro marine terrace (Calabria, southern Italy). Geological Society, London, Special Publications 255:11-22 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176818: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.03.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not a authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus
"Bolma rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone
spp. lamellosa
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Myoforceps aristata" = Lithophaga aristata
"Myoforceps aristata" = Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Mesophyllum alternans Foslie 1907
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae