Where: Italy (43.0° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 13.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. From Qm cycle which underlies the Emilian surface and cycle Qm1 and Qc. AGE: Early Pleistocene, Emilian local substage of the Calabrian on the basis of foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From immediately below the Emilian surface,
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, bioturbated, shelly/skeletal, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Some of the authors of this publication, though not specified in text. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: L. Ragaini, G. Cantalamessa, C. Di Celma, P. Didaskalou, R. Impiccini, P. Lori, M. Marino, M. Potetti, and S. Ragazzini. 2007. First Emilian record of the boreal-affinity bivalve Portlandia impressa Perri, 1975 from Montefiore dell'Aso (Marche, Italy). Bollettino della Societá Italiana 45(2-3):227-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77008: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium inaequicostatum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium cantrainei wentletrap
Epitonium spiniferum wentletrap | |
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell SUBSPECIES: T. tricarinata pliorecens
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Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail | |
Hadriania oretea murex snail | |
Nassarius cf. italicus snail
Nassarius gigantulus Bonelli in Michelotti 1840 snail | |
"Mangelia attenuata" = Cythara (Mangelia), "Mangelia ruperrima" = Cythara (Mangelia), Neoguraleus hispidulus
"Mangelia attenuata" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
"Mangelia ruperrima" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
Neoguraleus hispidulus snail | |
Teretia teres Reeve 1844 snail | |
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Naticarius stercusmuscarum moon snail
Euspira fusca moon snail | |
Rhombostoma cf. carmelae Brugnone 1873 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Portlandia impressa Perri 1975 clam | |
Nuculana commutata pointed nut clam | |
"Lamellinucula sulcata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula)
"Lamellinucula sulcata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) nut clam | |
Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster | |
Chlamys cf. glabra scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Aequipecten operularis scallop | |
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, Pitar rudis
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Pitar rudis Poli 1795 venus clam | |
Acanthocardia echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834 cockle
Cardium indicum Lamarck 1818 cockle | |
Tellina distorta Poli 1791 tellin clam
Tellina pulchella Lamarck 1818 tellin clam | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Azorinus chamasolen clam | |
Foraminifera | |
"Paragloborotalia siakensis" = Globorotalia siakensis, "Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata, Neogloboquadrina acostaensis, Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
"Paragloborotalia siakensis" = Globorotalia siakensis LeRoy 1939
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata d'Orbigny 1839
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis Blow 1959
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma Ehrenberg 1861 | |
Orbulina suturalis, Orbulina universa, Globigerinoides helicinus, Globigerinoides ruber, Globigerinoides trilobus, Globigerinoides tenellus, Globigerina bulloides
Orbulina suturalis Bronnimann 1951
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides tenellus Parker 1958
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Pleurostomella alternans Schwager 1866 | |
Trifarina bradyi Cushman 1923 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Sigmoilopsis schlumbergei, Sigmoilopsis sp., Sigmoilinita sp., Sigmoilinita tenuis, Quinqueloculina oblonga, Quinqueloculina sp.
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Foraminifera | |
Bulimina fusiformis, Bulimina elegans, Bulimina sublimbata, Bulimina corsiniana, Bulimina etnea, Bulimina minima, Bulimina marginata, Bulimina elongata, Praeglobobulimina ovata, Globobulimina ovula
Bulimina elegans d'Orbigny 1826
Bulimina sublimbata Panizza 1967
Bulimina corsiniana Perconig 1955
Bulimina etnea Seguenza 1862
Bulimina minima Tedeschi and Zanmatti 1957
Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny 1826
Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846 | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Sphaeroidina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lagena striata Williamson 1848 |