Torino Hill, Moncucco Torinese, "facies à Congeria", M3: Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Neomyiini indet.
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophum coppa
Diaphus befralai
Diaphus splendidus (Prochazka 1893)
recombined as Scopelus splendidus
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930
Benthosema aff. suborbitale (Gilbert 1913)
Bolinichthys italicus
Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Diaphus aff. pedemontanus (Robba 1970)
original and current combination Porichthys pedemontanus
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Sciaenidarum informal sp. nov. (Koken 1884)
"Trewasciaena" sp. Schwarzhans 1993
Actinopteri - Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Lesueurigobius sp. Whitley 1950
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
3 specimens
MGPT-PU 132112, 132630, 132631
    = Albanerpeton pannonicum Venczel and Gardner 2005
Gardner et al. 2021
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla ex gr. arborea (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Rana arborea
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera informal indet. sp. 1 Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Parasorex aff. ibericus (Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Pantherinae indet. Pocock 1917
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928
Pliocervus sp. Hilzheimer 1922
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dihoplus schleiermacheri (Kaup 1834)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus sorbinii
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neocricetodon magnus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Stephanomys sp. Schaub 1938
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969
Paraethomys meini
Apodemus atavus
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976
Centralomys benericettii (de Guili 1989)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965
Glis minor Kowalski 1963
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castorinae indet.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Hylopetes hungaricus
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839
cf. Macaca indet. Lacépède 1799
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguinae informal non-Anguis indet
Reptilia - Agamidae
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827
Reptilia - Lacertidae
cf. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
"colubrines indet."
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Theodoxus mutinensis (d'Ancona 1869)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicodiscidae
Lucilla miocaenica Harzhauser et al. 2015
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Limacidae
? Limax fossilis Sacco 1896
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Agriolimacidae
Agriolimacidae indet. Wagner 1935
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Milacidae
Milacidae indet. Ellis 1926
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Parmacellidae
Parmacella informal n. sp.
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Clausiliidae
Nordsieckia pontica (Lueger 1981)
Clausilia cf. baudoni Michaud 1862
Truciella ballesioi Truc 1972
Gastropoda - Diplommatinidae
Cochlostoma esuanum Manganelli and Giusti 1997
Gastropoda - Craspedopomatidae
Craspedopoma conoidale (Michaud 1855)
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Saccoia globosa Harzhauser et al. 2015
Saccoia oryza Brusina 1893
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes 1835)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Dreissena ex gr. rostriformis
41 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pontalmyra cf. incerta
6 specimens
P. cf. incerta chiae
Pontalmyra cf. partschi
10 specimens
unclassified
Gadiculus labiatus (Schubert 1905)
original and current combination Otolithus labiatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Piedmont
Coordinates: 45.1° North, 7.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° North, 7.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Formation:facies à Congeria
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Late Messinian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: deeper (maybe slope?) environment with abundant terrigenous influence
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Geology comments: 6.5 m of beige to green-blue clayey marls with calcareous paleosol interbeds. This unit contains shells of dreissenid and limnocardiid bivalves along with melanopsid and hydrobiid gastropods and is an equivalent of the Lago-Mare biofacies of the Mediterranean area
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:MCC3
Database number:199860
Authorizer:T. Cleary, M. Carrano Enterer:T. Cleary, M. Carrano
Research group:freshwater
Created:2019-02-18 09:55:33 Last modified:2019-02-18 09:55:33
Access level:the public Released:2019-02-18 09:55:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
67968. S. Colombero, D. M. Alba, C. D'Amico, M. Delfino, D. Esu, P. Giuntelli, M. Harzhauser, P. P. A. Masser, M. Mosca, T. A. Neubauer, G. Pavia, M. Pavia, A. Villa and G. Carnevale. 2017. Late Messinian mollusks and vertebrates from Moncucco Torinese, north-western Italy. Paleoecological and paleoclimatological implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.1.10A:1-66 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]

Secondary references:

77386 J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]