Torino Hill, Moncucco Torinese, "facies à Congeria", M5 (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as MCC5

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

• 6.5 m of beige to green-blue clayey marls with calcareous paleosol interbeds. This unit contains shells of dreissenid and limnocardiid bivalves along with melanopsid and hydrobiid gastropods and is an equivalent of the Lago-Mare biofacies of the Mediterranean area
• deeper (maybe slope?) environment with abundant terrigenous influence

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 172916: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 31.08.2015, edited by Terri Cleary and Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Neomyiini indet.1
Actinopteri
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus befralai1, Hygophum aff. derthonensis1
Diaphus befralai1 lanternfish
Hygophum aff. derthonensis1 Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 lanternfish
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
"Trewasciaena" sp.1, Sciaenidarum "sp. nov."1
"Trewasciaena" sp.1 Schwarzhans 1993
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Lesueurigobius sp.1
Lesueurigobius sp.1 Whitley 1950 goby
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus1
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus1 Robba 1970 toadfish
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton pannonicum2
Albanerpeton pannonicum2 Venczel and Gardner 2005 tetrapod
MGPT-PU 132003, 132004
 Salientia -
Latonia sp.1
Latonia sp.1 von Meyer 1843 frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
cf. Lacerta sp.1
cf. Lacerta sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguinae "non-Anguis indet"1
Anguinae "non-Anguis indet"1 Gray 1825 squamates
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Vipera "Oriental group sp."1
Vipera "Oriental group sp."1 Laurenti 1768 pit viper
Aves
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes "indet. "middle""1, Passeriformes "indet. "small""1
Passeriformes "indet. "middle""1 Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
Passeriformes "indet. "small""1 Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strigidae indet.1
Strigidae indet.1 Vigors 1825 true owl
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet.1
Columbidae indet.1 Illiger 1811 dove
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Palaeortyx cf. gallica1, Coturnix sp.1
Palaeortyx cf. gallica1 Milne-Edwards 1869 pheasant
Coturnix sp.1 Bonnaterre 1791 quail
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neocricetodon magnus1
 Rodentia - Muridae
Micromys bendai1, Paraethomys meini1, Centralomys benericettii1, Apodemus atavus1, Apodemus gudrunae1, Occitanomys brailloni1
Micromys bendai1 van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Centralomys benericettii1 de Guili 1989 mouse
Apodemus atavus1 Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus gudrunae1 van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys brailloni1 Michaux 1969 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glirulus lissiensis1, Glis minor1, Muscardinus vireti1, Eliomys yevesi1
Glirulus lissiensis1 Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse
Glis minor1 Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Muscardinus vireti1 Hugueney and Mein 1965 dormouse
Eliomys yevesi1 dormouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.1
Leporidae indet.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sorbinii1
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Pliocervus sp.1, Euprox sp.1
Pliocervus sp.1 Hilzheimer 1922 deer
Euprox sp.1 Stehlin 1928 deer
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Parasorex aff. ibericus1
Parasorex aff. ibericus1 Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpa sp.1
Talpa sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 mole
 Chiroptera -
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1"1
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1"1 Blumenbach 1779 bat
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Theodoxus doderleini, Theodoxus mutinensis
Theodoxus doderleini d'Ancona 1869 snail
Theodoxus mutinensis d'Ancona 1869 snail
 Stylommatophora - Parmacellidae
Parmacella "n. sp."
Parmacella "n. sp." Cuvier 1804 slug
 Stylommatophora - Milacidae
Milacidae indet.
Milacidae indet. Ellis 1926 slug
 Stylommatophora - Gastrodontidae
Janulus cf. spadinii
Janulus cf. spadinii Manganelli et al. 2011 slug
 Stylommatophora - Limacidae
? Limax fossilis
? Limax fossilis Sacco 1896 slug
 Stylommatophora - Agriolimacidae
Agriolimacidae indet.
Agriolimacidae indet. Wagner 1935 slug
 Stylommatophora - Clausiliidae
Truciella ballesioi1, Nordsieckia pontica1, ? Serrulella sp.
Truciella ballesioi1 Truc 1972 slug
Nordsieckia pontica1 Lueger 1981 slug
? Serrulella sp. Nordsieck 1978 slug
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Melanoides curvicosta
Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis narzolina
Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Aciculidae
Acicula cf. lineata
Acicula cf. lineata Draparnaud 1801 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Diplommatinidae
Cochlostoma esuanum
Cochlostoma esuanum Manganelli and Giusti 1997 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Saccoia oryza, Saccoia globosa
Saccoia oryza Brusina 1893 snail
Saccoia globosa Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pachydacna sp.1, Pontalmyra cf. partschi1
Pachydacna sp.1 Eberzin 1955 cockle
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Dreissena ex gr. rostriformis1
1Colombero et al. 2017; 2Gardner et al. 2021