Also known as MCC
Where: Piedmont, Italy (45.1° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: facies à Congeria Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Late Messinian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Harzhauser, T. A. Neubauer, E. Georgopoulou, D. Esu, C. D’Amico, G. Pavia, P. Giuntelli, G. Carnevale, and H. Nordsieck. 2015. Late Messinian continental and Lago-Mare gastropods from the Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 54(1):1-53 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172910: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 31.08.2015, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bulinus meneghinii Sacco 1886 snail | |
Strobilops romani Wenz 1915 slug | |
Argna proexcessiva Sacco 1889 slug | |
Pagodulina "n. sp." Clessin 1876 slug | |
Vallonia subcyclophorella Gottschick 1911 slug | |
Negulopsis suturalis slug | |
Acanthinula "n. sp." Beck 1847 slug | |
? Serrulella sp., Nordsieckia pontica, Cochlodina (Miophaedusa) sp., ? Clausiliinae sp., Truciella ballesioi, Clausilia (Clausilia) cf. baudoni
? Serrulella sp. Nordsieck 1978 slug
Nordsieckia pontica Lueger 1981 slug
Cochlodina (Miophaedusa) sp. Nordsieck 1972 slug
? Clausiliinae sp. Gray 1855 slug
Truciella ballesioi Truc 1972 slug
Clausilia (Clausilia) cf. baudoni Michaud 1862 slug | |
Succineidae indet. Beck 1837 amber snail | |
Helicopsis piedmontanica n. sp.
Helicopsis piedmontanica n. sp. Harzhauser et al. 2015 slug Listed as "? Helicopsis n. sp. piedmontanica" in the text since the authors are not sure if it belongs to Helicopsis but standardised here to link to taxon record in database
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Parmacella sp. Cuvier 1804 slug
Parmacella "n. sp." Cuvier 1804 slug | |
Milacidae indet. Ellis 1926 slug | |
Agriolimacidae indet. Wagner 1935 slug | |
? Limax fossilis Sacco 1896 slug | |
Janulus cf. spadinii Manganelli et al. 2011 slug | |
Lucilla miocaenica Harzhauser et al. 2015 slug
Helicodiscus roemeri Andreae 1902 slug | |
Ferussaciidae indet. Bourguignat 1883 slug
Cecilioides acicula Müller 1774 slug | |
Carychium cf. rufolabiatum, "Carychiella puisseguri" = Carychium puisseguri
"Carychiella puisseguri" = Carychium puisseguri Truc 1972 snail | |
Theodoxus mutinensis d'Ancona 1869 snail
Theodoxus doderleini d'Ancona 1869 snail | |
Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835 snail | |
Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846 snail | |
Cochlostoma esuanum Manganelli and Giusti 1997 snail | |
Renea "n. sp." Neville 1880 snail
Acicula "n. sp." Hartmann 1821 snail
Acicula giuntellii Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail
Acicula cf. lineata Draparnaud 1801 snail
Platyla manganellii Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail | |
Craspedopoma conoidale Michaud 1855 snail | |
Hydrobiidae "n. sp.", Saccoia cf. congermana, Saccoia oryza, Saccoia globosa, ? Prososthenia "n. sp. A", ? Prososthenia "n. sp. B"
Hydrobiidae "n. sp." Troschel 1857 snail
Saccoia cf. congermana snail
Saccoia oryza Brusina 1893 snail
Saccoia globosa Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail
? Prososthenia "n. sp. A" Neumayr 1869 snail
? Prososthenia "n. sp. B" Neumayr 1869 snail | |
Hydrocena moncuccoensis snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer 1821 pea clam | |
Pseudocatillus nevesskayae, Pseudocatillus sp., Pontalmyra bollenensis, Pontalmyra cf. bollenensis, Pontalmyra cf. incerta, Pontalmyra partschi, Pontalmyra cf. partschi, Pontalmyra sp., Pachydacna sp.
Pseudocatillus nevesskayae cockle
Pseudocatillus sp. cockle
Pontalmyra bollenensis cockle
Pontalmyra cf. bollenensis cockle
Pontalmyra partschi cockle
Pontalmyra cf. partschi cockle
Pontalmyra sp. cockle
Pachydacna sp. Eberzin 1955 cockle | |
Prosodacnomya sabbae clam | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1" Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer
Pliocervus sp. Hilzheimer 1922 deer | |
aff. Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
Pantherinae indet. Pocock 1917 cat | |
"Euarctos pyrenaicus" = Ursus
"Euarctos pyrenaicus" = Ursus bear | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Parasorex aff. ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993 hedgehog | |
Prolagus sorbinii pika | |
Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse
Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965 dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Eliomys yevesi dormouse | |
Neocricetodon magnus mouse | |
Micromys bendai, Apodemus atavus, Apodemus gudrunae, Occitanomys brailloni, Centralomys benericettii, Paraethomys meini
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969 mouse
Centralomys benericettii de Guili 1989 mouse
Paraethomys meini mouse | |
Reptilia | |
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Vipera "Oriental group sp." Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
Eryx sp. Daudin 1803 true sand boa | |
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
cf. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
cf. Euleptes sp. Fitzinger 1843 gecko | |
Anguinae "non-Anguis indet" Gray 1825 squamates | |
Aves | |
Palaeortyx cf. gallica Milne-Edwards 1869 pheasant | |
Passeriformes "indet. "large"" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
Passeriformes "indet. "medium"" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
Passeriformes "indet. "small"" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl | |
Amphibia | |
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad | |
Bufo ex gr. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad | |
Hyla ex gr. arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog | |
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 frog |