Costa Vescovato: Tortonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Diaphus aff. rafinesquii Cocco 1838
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Gonostoma sp. Rafinesque 1810
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Micromesistius planatus (Bassoli and Schubert 1906)
original and current combination Gadus planatus
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Hoplostethus praemediterraneus Schubert 1905
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Melamphaidae
Scopelogadus sp. Vaillant 1888
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Hoplobrotula aff. armata
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Aphanopus carbo
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Melanonus triangulus (Robba 1970)
original and current combination Glyptorhynchus triangulus
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus befralai
Diaphus cavallonis
Diaphus metopoclampoides Steurbaut 1983
Diaphus aff. splendidus (Prochazka 1893)
recombined as Scopelus splendidus
Lampanyctus latesulcatus Nolf and Steurbaut 1983
Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer 1911)
Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco 1838)
recombined as Lobianchia gemellari
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson 1845)
Notoscopelus bolini Nafpakittis 1975
Notoscopelus elongatus (Costa 1844)
Scopelopsis pliocenicus (Anfossi and Mosna 1976)
Hygophum hygomii
Hygophum derthonensis (Nolf and Steurbaut 1983)
Myctophum fitchi
Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810
Lampadena aff. dea Frasier-Brunner 1949
Benthosema fitchi Brzobohaty and Schultz 1978
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Bathycongrus nagymarosyi
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 8.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:187504
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-31 16:30:06 Last modified:2017-07-31 16:30:06
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-31 16:30:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62922. C.-H. Lin, R. Brzobohaty, D. Nolf and A. Girone. 2017. Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance. European Journal of Taxonomy 322:1-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]