Where: Italy (43.9° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 12.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gessoso-solfifera Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• The dragonflies are preserved as compression fossils in a well-cemented marly layer called " Strato degli insetti" (GENTIUNI, 1986), outcropping in the higher part of the facies "Marne bituminose".
•Age given as Lower Messinian (6 mya)
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified, fine-grained marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by G. Gentilini in 1974-1991
• Repository: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona. Some specimens given to Krzeminski are at Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow.
Primary reference: G. Gentilini. 1986. Limoniidae and Trichoceridae (Diptera, Nematocera) from the Upper Miocene of Monte Castellaro (Pesaro, Central Italy). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 11:171-190 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 113886: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 06.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Miopsiloptera savtshenkoi n. gen. n. sp." = Symplecta (Psiloconopa) savchenkoi, Gonomyia andrea n. sp.4, Pilaria castellariana n. sp.4, Limonia luca n. sp.4, Dicranomyia sergio n. sp.4, Geranomyia messiniana n. sp., Dicranoptycha anna n. sp.4
"Miopsiloptera savtshenkoi n. gen. n. sp." = Symplecta (Psiloconopa) savchenkoi Gentilini 1986 crane fly 32 males 35 females; new material ISEA 2, 21, 53, 87 in Krzeminski & Gentilini, 1992
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Trichocera fujiyamai n. sp.
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Aeshna sp.3, Aeshna ghiandonii n. sp.3, Aeshna messiniana n. sp.3, Aeshna multicellulata n. sp.3, Anax sp.3, Anax cf. ephippiger3, "Anax cryptus n. sp." = Anax criptus3, Anax cf. parthenope3, Anax cf. imperator3
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