Cava Serredi, Messinian (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.4° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; blue marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Carnevale, F. Dela Pierre, M. Natalicchio and W. Landini. 2018. Fossil marine fishes and the ʻLago Mareʼ event: Has the Mediterranean ever transformed into a brackish lake?. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 51(1):57-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 220507: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sparidae indet., Zosterissessor aff. ophiocephalus
Actinopteri
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Spratelloides gracilis, Clupeonella sp., Sprattus sp.
Spratelloides gracilis Temminck and Schlegel 1846 herring
Clupeonella sp. Kessler 1877 sprat
Sprattus sp. Girgensohn 1846 herring
 Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae
Aphanius crassicaudus
Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz 1839 nono
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Atherina sp.
Atherina sp. Linnaeus 1758 silverside
 Blenniiformes - Blenniidae
Blennius sp.
Blennius sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Liza sp., Mugil sp., Mugil cf. cephalus
Liza sp. Jordan and Swain 1884
Mugil sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mugil cf. cephalus Linnaeus 1758
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Grammonus sp.
Grammonus sp. Gill 1896
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobiidae indet., "Gobiidarum" aff. weileri, Gobius aff. multipinnatus, Gobius aff. paganellus, Gobius sp., Gobius aff. niger
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
Gobius sp. Linnaeus 1758 goby
Gobius aff. niger Linnaeus 1758 goby
 Teleostei -
Lophiiformes indet.
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Pagellus sp.
Pagellus sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830 perch-like fish
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Umbrina sp., Atractoscion sp.
Umbrina sp. Cuvier 1817
Atractoscion sp. Gill 1862
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Batrachoididae indet.
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus befralai
Diaphus befralai lanternfish