PBDB Collection

Licata: Messinian, Italy

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

	Leuciscus dumerilii n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Leuciscus (Scardinius) dumerilii

	Aspius encomi n. sp.	Sauvage 1870
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

	Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842	Sauvage 1870

	Clupea sp. Linnaeus 1758	Arambourg 1925

	Clupea saulos n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Sardinella caudata n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Clupea caudata

	Etrumeus boulei n. sp. Arambourg 1925	Arambourg 1925

	Clupea gregaria de Bosniaski 1878	Arambourg 1925
	recombined as Sahelinia gregaria
Actinopteri - Alepisauriformes

	Lestidiops sphekodes (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Tydeus sphekodes n. gen., n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Lestidiops sphekodes
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Synodontidae

	Synodus avus Arambourg 1927	Landini and Sorbini 1992
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paralepididae

	Paralepis albyi (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Tydeus albyi n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Paralepis albyi
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Bathysauropsidae

	Parascopelus lacerlosus	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

	Lampanyctus edwarsi	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Lampanyctus larteti	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Lampanyctus microsomus	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Lampanyctus ecnomi (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Clupea ecnomi n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Lampanyctus ecnomi

	Lampanyctus licatae (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Acanthonotos licatae n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Lampanyctus licatae

	Myctophum (Lampanyctus) ecnomi (Sauvage 1880)	Arambourg 1925

	Leuciscus licatae Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Myctophum (Lampanyctus) licatae

	Aspius vexillifer n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Diaphus vexillifer

	Myctophum (Diaphus) sauvagei n. sp. Arambourg 1925	Arambourg 1925

	Diaphus sauvagei Arambourg 1925	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Photichthys larteti (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984
	original and current combination Osmerus larteti

	Leuciscus larteti n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Diaphus larteti

	Photichthys larteti (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Sorbini 1992
	original and current combination Osmerus larteti

	Rhodeus edwardsi n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Diaphus edwardsi

	Clupea microsoma n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Diaphus microsomus

	Scopelus lacertosus n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Myctophum dorsale (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Leuciscus dorsalis n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Myctophum dorsale

	Myctophum columnae (Sauvage 1873)	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae

	Bregmaceros albyi (Sauvage 1880)	Landini and Menesini 1984
	original and current combination Podopteryx albyi
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

	Bathygadus incertus	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Zeiformes - Zeidae

	Zeus licatae n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae

	Belone acutirostris (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Xiphias acutirostris n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Belone acutirostris

	Scomberesox licatae Sauvage 1880	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

	Arnoglossus sauvagei d'Erasmo 1930	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae

	Rhombus abropteryx Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Microchirus abropteryx
Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae

	Caranx albyi (Sauvage 1880)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Caranx scillae (Sauvage 1873)	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

	Chilomycterus acanthodes (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Diodon acanthodes Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Chilomycterus acanthodes
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae

	Pseudovomer minutus (Sauvage 1870)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Argyreiosus minutus n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Pseudovomer minutus
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

	Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Fistulariidae

	Fistularia licatae (Sauvage 1880)	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

	Acanthonotos armatus n. gen., n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Thynnus angustus n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Orcynus prximus	Landini and Menesini 1984
	replaced by Thunnus

	Thynnus proximus n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Orcynus proximus

	Scomber colias Gmelin 1789	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Scombriformes

	Hemithyrsites armatus (Sauvage 1873)	Landini and Menesini 1984

	Acanthonotos alatus n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Hemithyrsites alatus
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

	Lepidopus anguis n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Lepidopus albyi n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Benthodesmus albyi	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae

	Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789)	Landini and Menesini 1984
	original and current combination Salmo muelleri

	Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789)	Landini and Sorbini 1992
	original and current combination Salmo muelleri
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae

	Gonostoma albyi (Sauvage 1873)	Landini and Menesini 1984
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae

	Osmerus larteti n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Osmerus propterygius n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Osmerus albyi n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870

	Osmerus stilpnos n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae

	Trigla licatae n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
unclassified

	Tydeus elongatus n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
	recombined as Anapterus elongatus
Scopelidae

	Tydeus megistosoma n. sp. Sauvage 1870	Sauvage 1870
Macruridae

	Trichiurichthys incertus Sauvage 1873	Arambourg 1925
see common names

Geography

Country:	Italy
Coordinates:	37.1° North, 13.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	36.9° North, 13.7° East

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Messinian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Messinian
Age range of interval:	7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Database number:	185692
Authorizer:	M. Uhen	Enterer:	M. Uhen
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2017-05-09 16:03:13	Last modified:	2017-06-26 14:50:27
Access level:	the public	Released:	2017-05-09 16:03:13
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

45833.

A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

72705		C. Arambourg. 1925. Revision des Poissons fossiles de Liata (Sicile). 14:39-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
62554		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]
72530		W. Landini and L. Sorbini. 1992. Données récentes sur Les téléostéens du Miocène et du Pliocéne d'Italie. Geobios 14:151-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
72539		H. E. Sauvage. 1870. Synopsis des poissons tertiaires de Licata. Anales des Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie et Paleontologie 14:1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]