Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.5° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 10.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported
• These were traditionally attributed to a late/post-orogenic crustal extension at the rear of the Northern Apen- nines since the late Miocene (Sestini, 1970; Elter et al., 1975), as an effect of large-scale back-arc processes (Jolivet et al., 2008) or gravitational instability of thickened crust (Carmignani & Kligfield, 1990; Carmignani et al., 1994). An alternative hypothesis ascribes the tectono-sedimentary evolution of these basins to compressive stress accumulated in the frontal zones of the chain and accommodated in inner portions by the reactivation of NE-verging thrusts and/or the activation of SW-verging backthrusts (Bonini & Sani, 2002; Sani et al., 2009). During the latest Messinian and the Zanclean, compression along the basin margins, together with a buried, basin-parallel high, controlled the development of two sub-basins.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Reposited in the NHMW
Primary reference: H. Rebel. 1898. Fossile Lepidopteren aus der Miocänformation von Gabbro. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 107:731-745 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 113751: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 04.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Insecta |
Diptera - Tipulidae |
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Diptera - Bibionidae |
Bibio sp.1 Geoffroy 1762 march fly
NHMW 1984/32/144-164
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Diptera - Mycetophilidae |
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Diptera - Bombyliidae |
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Diptera - Syrphidae |
Syrphus sp.1 Fabricius 1775 hover fly
NHMW 1984/32/176, 177
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Diptera - Muscidae |
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Diptera - Therevidae |
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Odonata - Lestidae |
? Lestes sp.1 Leach 1815 spread-winged damselfly
NHMW 1984/32/1
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Odonata - Libellulidae |
" Diplax sp." = Sympetrum1 Newman 1833 common skimmer
NHMW 1984/32
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Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae |
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Hymenoptera - Formicidae |
"Camponotinae indet." = Formicinae1 Latreille 1802 ant
included in NHMW 1984/32/188-260
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Hymenoptera - Sphecidae |
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Hymenoptera - Apidae |
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Coleoptera - Carabidae |
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Coleoptera - Curculionidae |
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Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae |
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Coleoptera - Coccinellidae |
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Coleoptera - Meloidae |
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Coleoptera - Elateridae |
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Coleoptera - Staphylinidae |
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Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae |
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Lepidoptera - Erebidae |
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Lepidoptera - Papilionidae |
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Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae |
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Trichoptera - |
"Phryganoidea indet." = Trichoptera1 Kirby 1815 caddisfly
NHMW 1984/32/121
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Hemiptera - Aphididae |
" ? Schizoneura sp." = Eriosoma1 Von Heyden 1837 aphid
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Hemiptera - Cicadellidae |
"Jassidae indet." = Cicadellidae1 Latreille 1825 leafhopper
NHMW 1984/32/60
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Hemiptera - Reduviidae |
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Hemiptera - Coreidae |
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Hemiptera - Pentatomidae |
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Hemiptera - Lygaeidae |
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Orthoptera - Gryllacrididae |
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Orthoptera - Acrididae |
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Blattodea - Kalotermitidae |
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