Also known as Venus-Conus community sample 12
Where: Pordenone, Italy (46.2° N, 12.8° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 43.0° N, 15.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Torrente Meduna Siltstone Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 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 San Martino Calcarenite is approximately 450 m. Sample 12 is from the upper part of the Torrente Meduna.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; brown, gray siltstone
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 37374: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Venus multilamella glabroides venus clam | |
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop | |
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina, Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus, Pelecyora islandicoides, Callista taurorugosa, Callista chione
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Circomphalus foliaceolamellosus venus clam
Pelecyora islandicoides Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Callista taurorugosa venus clam
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Glossus humanus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella turris Basterot 1825 turret shell
Protoma rotifera Deshayes 1832 turret shell | |
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata Sacco 1890 snail | |
Ficus geometra fig shell | |
Conus berghausi cone shell | |
Euspira helicana moon snail |