Marna di Possagno Formation (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.2° N, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 11.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Marna di Possagno Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Marna di Possagno Fm, which overlies the Scagkua cinerea (Lutetian), and is overlain by the Calcare di St Guistina (Priabonian). THICKNESS: Formation ranges t=from ~450-600 m in thickness. AGE: Priabonian, according to the text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Presumably a composite checklist for the formation in this area.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Inner shelf (1-72 m), subtropical, fully marine.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Argillaceous fossiliferous siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, possibly multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: S. Reato. 1983. Significato paleoecologico di una malacofauna eocenica superiore della Marna di Possagno (Trevigiano, Italia NE) nell'ambito delle faune bentoniche dell Tetide. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 22(1-2):65-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78617: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.02.2008, edited by Pete Wagner and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Not exhaustive, but including a large list of characteristic and common gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENC:LATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with fairly modern nomenclature, and taxonomic assignments at subgenus and species-resolution.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
Collonia sp. Gray 1850 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Scala sp." = Epitonium (Scala)
"Scala sp." = Epitonium (Scala) Humphrey wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium verneuili cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus sp. Guettard 1770 snail
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos stroppus Brongniart 1823 horn snail
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Natica crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella sp. Agassiz 1840 true conch
Tibia sp. Röding 1798 true conch
Tibia spirata true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs
"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
"Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes noae Lamarck 1803 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conorbis sp. Swainson 1840 cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus marginata cone shell
Conus latissimus cone shell
Conus veridicus cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Borsonia sp. Bellardi 1839 snail
Cordieria sp. Rouault 1848 snail
Genota sp. Adams and Adams 1858 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cythara sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Tritonalia sp." = Purpura (Tritonalia) Fleming 1828 murex snail
Typhis sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute
Lyria sp. Gray 1847 volute
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Athleta subambigua d'Orbigny 1852 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Pirula sp." = Ficus
"Pirula sp." = Ficus Röding 1798 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail
"Galeodea nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa Solander in Brander 1766 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
Simnia (Calpurnea) sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"? Cypraea persona n. sp." = Cypraeacites persona2, Cypraea sp., Cypraeovula sp.
"? Cypraea persona n. sp." = Cypraeacites persona2 Oppenheim 1901 cowry
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraeovula sp. Gray 1824 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
Eratopsis sp. Hörnes and Auinger 1880 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Cypraeovula elegans" = Cypraedia elegans
"Cypraeovula elegans" = Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata Solander 1766 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea, Pecten sp., "Amussium corneum" = Amusium, Spondylus podopsideus, Spondylus sp.
"Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Amussium corneum" = Amusium scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea bersonensis, "Ostrea (Lopha) martinsi" = Alectryonia martinsi
"Ostrea (Lopha) martinsi" = Alectryonia martinsi Archiac 1850 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrena sp. Lamarck clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
"Solenocurtus striatus" = Solecurtus
"Solenocurtus striatus" = Solecurtus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina cf. planata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Cultellus sp. Schumacher 1817 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella plumbea Chemnitz 1824 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Actinopteri
 Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Uranoscopidarum cochlearis n. sp.1 Girone and Nolf 2009
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Aseraggodes laganum n. sp.1 Girone and Nolf 2009 flatfish
Agonidarum
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Agonidarum sudans n. sp.1 Girone and Nolf 2009