Where: Italy (46.2° N, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 11.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Marna di Possagno Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Marna di Possagno Fm, which overlies the Scagkua cinerea (Lutetian), and is overlain by the Calcare di St Guistina (Priabonian). THICKNESS: Formation ranges t=from ~450-600 m in thickness. AGE: Priabonian, according to the text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Presumably a composite checklist for the formation in this area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; shelly/skeletal, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown, possibly multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: S. Reato. 1983. Significato paleoecologico di una malacofauna eocenica superiore della Marna di Possagno (Trevigiano, Italia NE) nell'ambito delle faune bentoniche dell Tetide. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 22(1-2):65-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78617: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.02.2008, edited by Pete Wagner and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata Solander 1766 snail | |
Mathilda sp. Semper 1865 snail | |
"Scala sp." = Epitonium (Scala)
"Scala sp." = Epitonium (Scala) Humphrey wentletrap | |
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
Tympanotonos stroppus Brongniart 1823 horn snail | |
Diastoma alpinum snail | |
Cerithium verneuili cerith snail
Cerithium bicariniferum cerith snail | |
Tenagodus sp. Guettard 1770 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Ampullina similis, "Natica crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina
Ampullina similis snail
"Natica crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail | |
"Pirula sp." = Ficus
"Pirula sp." = Ficus Röding 1798 fig shell | |
"Galeodea nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Cassis sp.
"Galeodea nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa Solander in Brander 1766 snail
Cassis sp. Scopoli 1777 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Eratopsis sp. Hörnes and Auinger 1880 snail | |
"Cypraeovula elegans" = Cypraedia elegans
"Cypraeovula elegans" = Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826 snail | |
Simnia (Calpurnea) sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraeovula sp. Gray 1824 cowry | |
"Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
"Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs
"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs snail | |
Marginella (Stazzania) crassula margin shell | |
Voluta subzonata volute
Voluta sp. Linnaeaus 1758 volute
Lyria sp. Gray 1847 volute
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Athleta subambigua d'Orbigny 1852 volute | |
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Typhis sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail
"Tritonalia sp." = Purpura (Tritonalia) Fleming 1828 murex snail | |
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Cantharus pseudostenomphalus true whelk | |
Clavilithes noae Lamarck 1803 snail | |
Cythara sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Cordieria sp. Rouault 1848 snail
Genota sp. Adams and Adams 1858 snail
Borsonia sp. Bellardi 1839 snail | |
Turris sp. Röding 1798 turrid | |
Clavatula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Cryptoconus filosus, Cryptoconus lineolatus, Conus sp., Conus marginata, Conus latissimus, Conus veridicus, Conorbis sp.
Cryptoconus filosus cone shell
Cryptoconus lineolatus cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus marginata cone shell
Conus latissimus cone shell
Conus veridicus cone shell
Conorbis sp. Swainson 1840 cone shell | |
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre | |
Tortoliva sp. snail | |
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Natica cochlearia moon snail | |
Collonia sp. Gray 1850 snail | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Scaphander fortisii snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
Ostrea bersonensis, "Ostrea (Lopha) martinsi" = Alectryonia martinsi
Ostrea bersonensis oyster
"Ostrea (Lopha) martinsi" = Alectryonia martinsi Archiac 1850 oyster | |
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte
"Pycnodonta sp." = Pycnodonte Fischer von Waldheim 1835 oyster | |
Vulsella elongata oyster | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Pecten sp., "Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea, "Amussium corneum" = Amusium, Spondylus podopsideus, Spondylus sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop
"Amussium corneum" = Amusium scallop
Spondylus podopsideus scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Cyrena sp. Lamarck clam | |
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam
Tapes cf. destefanii venus clam | |
Chama dissimilis jewel box
Chama subsquamosa jewel box | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle
Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853 cockle | |
Tellina cf. planata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
"Solenocurtus striatus" = Solecurtus
"Solenocurtus striatus" = Solecurtus clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Cultellus sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Crassatella plumbea Chemnitz 1824 clam | |
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Actinopteri | |
Aseraggodes laganum n. sp.1
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Uranoscopidarum cochlearis n. sp.1
Uranoscopidarum cochlearis n. sp.1 Girone and Nolf 2009 | |
Agonidarum | |
Agonidarum sudans n. sp.1
Agonidarum sudans n. sp.1 Girone and Nolf 2009 |