Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection): Messinian, Italy
collected by G. Gentilini 1974-1991

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae
Trichocera fujiyamai n. sp. Gentilini 1986
1 specimen
collected april 1981 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae
Nephrotoma sp. Meigen 1803
Gentilini 1990 1 specimen
MTR 289 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Miopsiloptera savtshenkoi n. gen., n. sp. Gentilini 1986
71 specimens
recombined as Symplecta (Psiloconopa) savchenkoi
32 males 35 females; new material ISEA 2, 21, 53, 87 in Krzeminski & Gentilini, 1992 (2 measurements)
Gonomyia andrea n. sp. Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992
Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992 1 specimen
MCSN Gentilini 291 (1 measurement)
Dicranoptycha anna n. sp. Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992
Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992 1 specimen
MCSN Gentilini 36 (1 measurement)
Geranomyia messiniana n. sp. Gentilini 1986
1 specimen
collected 5 December 1974 (2 measurements)
Limonia luca n. sp. Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992
Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992 1 specimen
MCSN Gentilini 292 (2 measurements)
Dicranomyia sergio n. sp. Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992
Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992 2 specimens
MCSN Gentilini 290, 1203 (2 measurements)
Pilaria castellariana n. sp. Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992
Krzemiński and Gentilini 1992 1 specimen
MCSN Gentilini 287 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae
Corduliinae indet. Selys-Longchamps 1850
Gentilini 1992 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Epitheca miocenica n. sp. Gentilini 1992
Gentilini 1992 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Epitheca annae n. sp. Gentilini 1992
Gentilini 1992 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae
Aeshna sp. Fabricius 1775
Gentilini and Peters 1993
Aeshna messiniana n. sp. Gentilini and Peters 1993
Gentilini and Peters 1993
(1 measurement)
Aeshna multicellulata n. sp. Gentilini and Peters 1993
Gentilini and Peters 1993
(1 measurement)
Aeshna ghiandonii n. sp. Gentilini and Peters 1993
Gentilini and Peters 1993
(1 measurement)
Anax sp. Leach 1815
Gentilini and Peters 1993
Anax cf. parthenope (Selys 1839)
Gentilini and Peters 1993
(1 measurement)
Anax cf. ephippiger (Burmeister 1839)
Gentilini and Peters 1993
recombined as Hemianax ephippiger
Anax cryptus n. sp. Gentilini and Peters 1993
Gentilini and Peters 1993
corrected as Anax criptus
(4 measurements)
Anax cf. imperator Leach 1815
Gentilini and Peters 1993
(3 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 12.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 12.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Messinian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Messinian
Age range of interval:7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gessoso-solfifera
Local section:Strato degli insett Local bed:Strato degli insett
Stratigraphy comments: 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)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine lithified marl
Lithology description: "Insect remains occur exclusively in fine-grained bituminous. marls" Gentilini & Peters, 1993
Environment:lagoonal Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "deposited in a coastal lagoonal environment surrounded by wood-clad hills. The climate was probably warm-temperate but with a tendency to deterioration toward a moderately cooling phase…"Gentilini & Peters, 1993
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:G. Gentilini Collection dates:1974-1991
Collection method comments: 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.
Metadata
Database number:113886
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2011-08-06 15:19:07 Last modified:2015-12-15 19:02:37
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-06 15:19:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47099. 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]

Secondary references:

47101 G. Gentilini. 1990. Finding of the genus Nephrotoma Meigen, 1803 from the Upper Miocene of Monte Castellaro (Marche, Central Italy). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 121(3):220-223 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]
36978 G. Gentilini. 1992. Two new species of Epitheca from the Lower Messinian of central Italy. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 123(3):201-208 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
36977 G. Gentilini and G. Peters. 1993. The Upper Miocene Aeshnids of Monte Castellaro, Central Italy, and their relationships to extant species (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 22(2):147-178 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/R. Day]
50881 W. Krzemiński and G. Gentilini. 1992. New information on Limoniidae from Monte Castellaro, Italy (Upper Miocene). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 35:87-95 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]