Rio Popogna: Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa cf. subterranea (Montague 1808)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Goneplax gulderi Bachmayer 1953
synonym of Goneplax sacci
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dorippidae
Medorippe ampla Garassino et al. 2004
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ethusidae
Ethusa popognensis n. sp. De Angeli et al. 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Livorno
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 10.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 10.2° 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: Marly clays from the Tortonian and sandy clays from the lower Messinian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandy claystone
Lithology description: Sandy clays
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Museo Gruppo Paleontologico "C. De Giuli" (GPDG), Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano (MSNM)
Metadata
Database number:221591
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:decapod,marine invertebrate
Created:2021-08-15 22:36:22 Last modified:2021-08-15 22:36:22
Access level:the public Released:2021-08-15 22:36:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41513.decapod A. De Angeli, A. Garassino, and G. Pasini. 2009. New reports of anomurans and brachyurans from the Cenozoic of Tuscany (Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 150(2):163-196 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]