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

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Trigla sp. Linnaeus 1758 sea robin
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside
 Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870
 Alepisauriformes -
Lestidiops sphekodes Sauvage 1870
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros albyi Sauvage 1880
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870 pipefish
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
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 ecnomi Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Lampanyctus licatae Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
 Myctophiformes - Bathysauropsidae
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842 herring
Alosa crassa Sauvage 1873 herring