Also known as Venus-Ancilla assemblage sample 17
Where: Pordenone, Italy (46.2° N, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 12.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maraldi Sandstone Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Miocene Torento-Meduna sequence unconformably overlies the Eocene Clauzetto Flysch (Flysch di Clauzetto) and is composed of Preplans Sandstone, Zouf marl, Rugo Mizza Sandstone, San Martino Calcarenite, Torrente Meduna Siltstone, Maraldi Sandstone, Bier Puddingstone, and Montello Conglomerate. Thickness of the Maraldi Sandsone is approximately 220 m.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: prodelta; silty marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Based on single bulk samples, about 30 cubic centimetres each. Grain size data also provided.
Primary reference: M.P. Bernasconi and E. Robba. 1993. Molluscan palaeoecology and sedimentological features: an integrated appraoch from the Miocene Meduna section, northern Italy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 100:267-290 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37368: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Protoma rotifera Deshayes 1832 turret shell | |
"Ancilla glandiformis" = Amalda glandiformis
"Ancilla glandiformis" = Amalda glandiformis Lamarck 1810 snail | |
Amyclina cabrieriensis snail | |
Clavatula calcarata snail | |
Conus canaliculatus cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Gemmula sp. Weinkauff 1875 turrid | |
Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam Subspecies: Anadara diluvii pertransversa
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Chlamys malvinae scallop | |
Atrina pectinata Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
"Mytilus fuscus" = Botula fusca
"Mytilus fuscus" = Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Callista italica, Pelecyora brocchii, Paphia vetula, "Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina, "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Callista italica venus clam
Pelecyora brocchii venus clam
Paphia vetula Basterot 1825 venus clam
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam Subspecies: venus multilamella glabroides
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Acanthocardia deshayesi cockle | |
Azorinus chamasolen clam | |
"Psammobia affinis" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia affinis" = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
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"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam |