Gallo d’Alba: Tortonian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Polyipnus sp. Günther 1887
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Hygophum derthonensis (Nolf and Steurbaut 1983)
Benthosema fitchi Brzobohaty and Schultz 1978
Lampadena aff. dea Frasier-Brunner 1949
Lobianchia gemellarii (Cocco 1838)
recombined as Lobianchia gemellari
Scopelopsis pliocenicus (Anfossi and Mosna 1976)
Notoscopelus resplendens (Richardson 1845)
Notoscopelus bolini Nafpakittis 1975
Lampanyctus aff. speculigeroides
Diaphus befralai
Diaphus cavallonis
Diaphus regani Taning 1932
Diaphus metopoclampoides Steurbaut 1983
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 44.7° North, 8.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.9° 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:11.63000 - 7.24600 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:187505
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-31 16:31:16 Last modified:2017-07-31 16:31:16
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-31 16:31:16
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]