Alba (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Piedmont, Italy (44.7° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• Sant'Agata Fossili Marls, Gessoso Solfifera Formation and Cassano Spinola Conglomerates (from bottom to top) (Dela Pierre et al. 2011)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

• Piedmont basin. Deposited in an active transtensional and transpressional tectonic setting. The basin developed between the orogenic wedges of the Alps and Apennines during times of active structural evolution. The result was a complex physiography organized in sub-basins which, through time, hosted several mixed depositional systems characterized by different size, geometry, internal architectural styles and sedimentary facies associations. Since the Miocene, the whole area was dominated by transpressive tectonics. Post-Burdigalian sedimentation was achieved in a highly subsiding asymmetric trough (E–W oriented).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Civico Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba

Primary reference: A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1994. Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique. Annales de Paléontologie 80(1):1-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113998: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 08.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Amnycithere propinqua2
Cassano Spinola
Loxochonca muelleri2
Cassano Spinola
Umbilicosphaera
  -
Umbilicosphaera sp.2 Lohmann 1902
Upper Sant'Agata
Coccolithophyceae
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Discoaster sp.2 Tan 1902
Upper Sant'Agata
  -
Sphenolithus abies2 Deflandre 1954
Upper Sant'Agata
  - Ceratolithaceae
Amaurolithus delicatus2
Upper Sant'Agata
Helicosphaera carteri
  -
Helicosphaera carteri2 Wallich 1877
Upper Sant'Agata
Reticulofenestra
  -
Reticulofenestra sp.2 Hay et al. 1966
Upper Sant'Agata
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina echinata2
Upper Sant'Agata
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Valvulineria bradyana2
Upper Sant'Agata
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Planulina ariminensis2
Upper Sant'Agata
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Melonis barleanum2
Upper Sant'Agata
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Globorotalia conomiozea" = Globoconella conomiozea2 Kennett 1966
Upper Sant'Agata
Globorotalia nicolae2
Upper Sant'Agata
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis2 Blow 1959
Upper Sant'Agata
Neogloboquadrina atlantica2 Berggren 1972
Upper Sant'Agata
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Orbulina sp.2 d'Orbigny 1839
Upper Sant'Agata
Globigerina bulloides2 d'Orbigny 1826
Upper Sant'Agata
Globigerinoides sp.2 Cushman 1927
Upper Sant'Agata
Turborotalita multiloba2
Upper Sant'Agata
Turborotalita quinqueloba2 Natland 1938
Upper Sant'Agata
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Discospirinidae
Discospirina sp.2
Upper Sant'Agata
Foraminifera
 Buliminacea - Siphogenerinoididae
Rectuvigerina tenuistriata2
Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina sp.2 d'Orbigny 1826
Upper Sant'Agata
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Brizalina sp.2 Costa 1856
Upper Sant'Agata
Bolivina dentellata2
Upper Sant'Agata
Angiospermae
 Poales - Poaceae
Phragmites oeningensis2 common reed
Cassano Spinola (Bed 5)
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis sp.2 Férussac 1807 snail
Cassano Spinola
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Cavolinia gypsorum2 Bellardi 1873 snail
Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)
Clio sp.2 Linnaeus 1767 snail
Upper Sant'Agata
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina sp.2 Bosc 1817 snail
Upper Sant'Agata
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium sp.2 de Gregorio 1884 mud scallop
Upper Sant'Agata
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp.2 Dall 1886 clam
Upper Sant'Agata
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Congeria sp.2 clam
Cassano Spinola
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Limnocardium sp." = Lymnocardium2
"Limnocardium sp." = Lymnocardium2 Stoliczka 1870 cockle
Cassano Spinola
Insecta
 Blattodea - Rhinotermitidae
Rhinotermes miocenicus n. sp.4 Nel and Paicheler 1993 termite
G.789
 Blattodea -
Ulmeriella sp.4 Meunier 1920 termite
G.593, G.786, G.787, G.788
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Oryctodiplax sp.1 Cavallo and Galletti 1987 common skimmer
At least 88 wings illustrated
Oryctodiplax gypsorum n. gen. n. sp.1 Cavallo and Galletti 1987 common skimmer
G-594
 Odonata - Euphaeidae
Epallage sp.3 Charpentier 1840 damselfly
rear wing
 Odonata - Lestidae
Sympecma sp. Selys 1840 spread-winged damselfly
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyprideis agrigentina2 ostracod
Cassano Spinola
Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Galeoidea echinophora2 elasmobranch
Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo craverii2 Portis 1879 turtle
Upper Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 4)
Actinopteri
 Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae
Aphanius crassicaudus2 Agassiz 1839 nono
Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 2, 3, 4)
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Microchirus bassanianus2 flatfish
Upper Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 4)
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophum sp.2 Rafinesque 1810 lanternfish
Upper Sant'Agata (Bed 1)
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alosa elongata2 Agassiz 1842 herring
Upper Sant'Agata
Spratelloides sp.2 Bleeker 1851 herring
Lower Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 2, 3)
 Anguilliformes - Anguillidae
Anguilla sp.2 Schrank 1798 eel
Lower Gessoso Solfifera (Bed 3)