Bessima: Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Pomolobus crasus
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Alosa crassa Sauvage 1873
Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842
Actinopteri - Alepisauriformes
Lestidiops sphekodes (Sauvage 1870)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Paralepis albyi (Sauvage 1870)
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Bathysauropsidae
Parascopelus lacerlosus
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampanyctus larteti
Lampanyctus microsomus
Lampanyctus ecnomi (Sauvage 1870)
Lampanyctus licatae (Sauvage 1870)
Diaphus larteti (Sauvage 1870)
Landini and Sorbini 1992
original and current combination Osmerus larteti
Lampanyctus edwardsi (Sauvage 1870)
recombined as Diaphus edwardsi
Diaphus edwardsi (Sauvage 1870)
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Diaphus microsomus (Sauvage 1870)
Landini and Sorbini 1992
Myctophum dainellii
Myctophum dorsale (Sauvage 1870)
Ceratoscopelus dorsalis (Sauvage 1870)
Landini and Sorbini 1992
recombined as Myctophum dorsale
Myctophum columnae (Sauvage 1873)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros albyi (Sauvage 1880)
original and current combination Podopteryx albyi
Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Benthodesmus albyi
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin 1789)
original and current combination Salmo muelleri
Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Triglidae
Trigla sp. Linnaeus 1758
Landini and Sorbini 1992
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sicily
Coordinates: 37.6° North, 14.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 14.0° 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:186578
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-26 14:46:26 Last modified:2017-06-26 14:46:26
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-26 14:46:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

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]