C. Pizzorno, Ovada (Oligocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (44.6° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 7.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1960. La Fauna Oligocenica dei dintorni di Ovada (Alessandria). Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia 66(3):403-434 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke/M. Nimke]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86951: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 26.02.2009
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
"Pecten arcuatus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
Meretrix splendida venus clam
Meretrix exintermedia venus clam | |
Cardium pallasianum cockle |