Enza River (Pleistocene of Italy)

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

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Nephropsis sp. Wood-Mason 1873 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Goneplax rhomboides Linnaeus 1758 crab
 Decapoda - Cancridae
Lobocarcinus sismondae Von Meyer 1843 crab