Bessima (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Sicily, Italy (37.6° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 14.0° E)
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. Landini and E. Menesini. 1984. Messinian marine fish communities of the Mediterranean Sea. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Serie A 91:279-290 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186578: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
Trigla sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea robin | |
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside | |
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870 | |
Lestidiops sphekodes Sauvage 1870 | |
Bregmaceros albyi Sauvage 1880 | |
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870 pipefish | |
Diaphus larteti, Diaphus microsomus, "Lampanyctus edwardsi" = Diaphus edwardsi, "Diaphus edwardsi" = Diaphus edwardsi, Myctophum dainellii, Myctophum columnae, "Myctophum dorsale" = Myctophum dorsale, "Ceratoscopelus dorsalis" = Myctophum dorsale, Lampanyctus larteti, Lampanyctus microsomus, Lampanyctus ecnomi, Lampanyctus licatae
Diaphus larteti Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Diaphus microsomus Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Lampanyctus edwardsi" = Diaphus edwardsi Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Diaphus edwardsi" = Diaphus edwardsi Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Myctophum dainellii lanternfish
Myctophum columnae Sauvage 1873 lanternfish
"Myctophum dorsale" = Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
"Ceratoscopelus dorsalis" = Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Lampanyctus larteti lanternfish
Lampanyctus microsomus lanternfish
Lampanyctus ecnomi Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Lampanyctus licatae Sauvage 1870 lanternfish | |