Livornesi Mountains, Raquese Unit assemblages, Tuscany: Messinian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Omniglyptidae
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Omniglypta jani
(Hoernes 1956)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Fissidentalium inaequale
(Bronn 1831)
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310 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella tricarinata
(Brocchi 1814)
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2650 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Tritia brugnonis
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38 specimens | ||||||
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Tritia striatulus
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755 specimens | ||||||
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Tritia semistriata
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64 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Hexaplex austriacus
(Tournouer 1875)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhais uttingeriana
(Risso 1826)
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70 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia nitida
(Brocchi 1814)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Arca nitida | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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948 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Centrocardita aculeata
(Poli 1795)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Chama aculeata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar rudis
(Poli 1795)
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16 specimens | ||||||
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Venus nux
Gmelin 1791
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200 specimens | ||||||
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Timoclea ovata
(Pennant 1777)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea spinifera
Montagu 1803
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Myrtina meneghinii
(De Stefani and Pantanelli 1878)
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Neopycnodonte navicularis
(Brocchi 1814)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara diluvii
(Lamarck 1805)
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650 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 10.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 10.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Messinian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Lithology description: marly mudstone | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 207784 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-02-07 01:28:19 | Last modified: | 2020-02-07 01:28:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-02-07 01:28:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71685. | S. Dominici, M. Forli, C. Bogi, A. Guerrini, and M. Benvenuti. 2020. Paleobiology from Museum collections: comparing historical and novel data on Upper Miocene molluscs of the Livorno Hills. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126(1):65-109 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |