Gabbro 2 (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Tuscany, Italy (43.5° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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 186581: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside
 Aulopiformes - Synodontidae
Synodus avus Arambourg 1927
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
 Pleuronectiformes -
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus sauvagei d'Erasmo 1930 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Solea proocellata Arambourg 1927 flatfish
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus 1758
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870 pipefish
 Acanthomorphata - Caproidae
Capros aper Lacepede 1921
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Boops gortanii perch-like fish
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobius ehrmanni Arambourg 1927 goby
Gobius xiphurus Arambourg 1927 goby
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792 herring