Where: Reggio Emilia, Italy (44.6° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 10.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• Age based on the discovery of some specimens of Arctica islandica about 10 metres from the base of the sequence
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo Geologico di Castell'Arquato
Primary reference: A. Garassino and A. De Angeli. 2004. Decapod crustacean fauna from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Arda, Stirone and Enza Rivers (Piacenza, Parma and Reggio Emilia Provinces, N Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 145:29-57 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 221583: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Nephropsis sp. Wood-Mason 1873 clawed lobster | |
Goneplax rhomboides Linnaeus 1758 crab | |
Lobocarcinus sismondae Von Meyer 1843 crab |