Pecetto di Valenza (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.0° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 8.5° E)

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Landini and E. Menesini. 1984. Messinian marine fish communities of the Mediterranean Sea. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Serie A 91:279-290 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186575: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus muelleri
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus edwardsi2, Diaphus microsomus2, Lampanyctus edwarsi, Lampanyctus microsomus
Diaphus edwardsi2 Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Diaphus microsomus2 Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Lampanyctus edwarsi lanternfish
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Archaeotetraodon bannikovi n. sp.1
Archaeotetraodon bannikovi n. sp.1 Carnevale and Tyler 2010
 Acanthomorphata - Caproidae
Capros aper
Capros aper Lacepede 1921
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus trachurus
Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus 1758
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus sauvagei
Arnoglossus sauvagei d'Erasmo 1930 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Microchirus abropterix2
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Solea vulgaris
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Lepidopus proargenteus, Lepidopus albyi2
Lepidopus proargenteus Arambourg 1927
Lepidopus albyi2 Sauvage 1870
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus albyi
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870 pipefish
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius merluccius
Merluccius merluccius Linnaeus 1758 European hake
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Spratelloides gracilis2, Alosa elongata2, Sardina pilchardus
Spratelloides gracilis2 Temminck and Schlegel 1846 herring
Alosa elongata2 Agassiz 1842 herring
Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792 herring
1Carnevale and Tyler 2010; 2Landini and Sorbini 1992