Where: Italy (38.3° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Only information given is "Pliocene" but the occurrence is likely to be Pleistocene. Most occurrences of "Stenosarina" sphenoidea at Milazzo are Gelasian in age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187745: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Stenosarina sphenoidea" = Gryphus sphenoideus
"Stenosarina sphenoidea" = Gryphus sphenoideus Philippi 1844 |