Alba, Tanaro: Tortonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Nezumia aff. sclerorhynchus Valenciennes 1838
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Scopelarchidae
Scopelarchus analis (Brauer 1902)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Trachyrincus scabrus
Bathygadus novus (Bossoli 1906)
Coryphaenoides biobtusus n. sp. Lin et al. 2017
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bathygadidae
Gadomus tejkali Brzobohaty and Schultz 1978
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
Hoplostethus praemediterraneus Schubert 1905
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Melamphaidae
Melamphaes sp. Guenther 1864
Scopelogadus sp. Vaillant 1888
Actinopteri - Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugilidae indet.
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Bythitidae indet. Gill 1861
Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Diaphus pedemontanus (Robba 1970)
original and current combination Porichthys pedemontanus
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Lampadena gracilis Schubert 1912
Lampadena aff. dea Frasier-Brunner 1949
Hygophum hygomii
Hygophum derthonensis (Nolf and Steurbaut 1983)
Diaphus befralai
Diaphus aff. splendidus (Prochazka 1893)
recombined as Scopelus splendidus
Diaphus holti Taaning 1918
Diaphus metopoclampoides Steurbaut 1983
Myctophum fitchi
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson 1845)
Notoscopelus elongatus (Costa 1844)
Notoscopelus bolini Nafpakittis 1975
Scopelopsis pliocenicus (Anfossi and Mosna 1976)
Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer 1911)
Benthosema aff. glaciale (Reinhardt 1837)
Benthosema fitchi Brzobohaty and Schultz 1978
Lampanyctus latesulcatus Nolf and Steurbaut 1983
Actinopteri - Alepocephaliformes - Alepocephalidae
Xenodermichthys senesi Nolf and Brzobohaty 1994
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.7° North, 8.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.0° North, 7.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: finely laminated clays
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:187503
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-31 16:28:03 Last modified:2017-07-31 16:28:03
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-31 16:28:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62922. C.-H. Lin, R. Brzobohaty, D. Nolf and A. Girone. 2017. Tortonian teleost otoliths from northern Italy: taxonomic synthesis and stratigraphic significance. European Journal of Taxonomy 322:1-44 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]