Alba, Tanaro (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (44.7° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 7.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
• finely laminated clays
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C.-H. Lin, R. Brzobohaty, D. Nolf and A. Girone. 2017. Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance. European Journal of Taxonomy 322:1-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 187503: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887 | |
Scopelarchus analis Brauer 1902 | |
Lampadena gracilis, Lampadena aff. dea, Hygophum hygomii, Hygophum derthonensis, Benthosema aff. glaciale, Benthosema fitchi, Lobianchia dofleini, Notoscopelus bolini, Notoscopelus resplendens, Notoscopelus elongatus, Scopelopsis pliocenicus, Myctophum fitchi, Diaphus befralai, Diaphus holti, Diaphus metopoclampoides, Diaphus aff. splendidus, Lampanyctus latesulcatus
Lampadena gracilis Schubert 1912 lanternfish
Lampadena aff. dea Frasier-Brunner 1949 lanternfish
Hygophum hygomii lanternfish
Hygophum derthonensis Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 lanternfish
Benthosema aff. glaciale Reinhardt 1837 glacier lantern fish
Benthosema fitchi Brzobohaty and Schultz 1978 lanternfish
Lobianchia dofleini Zugmayer 1911 Dofleini's lanternfish
Notoscopelus bolini Nafpakittis 1975 lanternfish
Notoscopelus resplendens Richardson 1845 lanternfish
Notoscopelus elongatus Costa 1844 lanternfish
Scopelopsis pliocenicus Anfossi and Mosna 1976 lanternfish
Myctophum fitchi lanternfish
Diaphus befralai lanternfish
Diaphus holti Taaning 1918 small lantern fish
Diaphus metopoclampoides Steurbaut 1983 lanternfish
Diaphus aff. splendidus Prochazka 1893 horned lanternfish
Lampanyctus latesulcatus Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 lanternfish | |
"Diaphus pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus
"Diaphus pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus Robba 1970 toadfish | |
Bythitidae indet. Gill 1861 | |
Scopelogadus sp. Vaillant 1888
Melamphaes sp. Guenther 1864 | |
Hoplostethus praemediterraneus Schubert 1905 | |
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840 | |
Gadomus tejkali Brzobohaty and Schultz 1978 | |
Trachyrincus scabrus grenadiers
Bathygadus novus Bossoli 1906 grenadiers
Coryphaenoides biobtusus n. sp. Lin et al. 2017 grenadiers | |
Xenodermichthys senesi Nolf and Brzobohaty 1994 |