Where: Italy (38.3° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Only "Pliocene" given but most likely Gelasian in age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, yellow marl
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187475: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.07.2017
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Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Sphenarina sicula Davidson 1870 |