Terre Rosse (GPDG collection) (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Siena, Italy (43.3° N, 11.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 11.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Lower Pliocene (Piacentian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• Littoral origin

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Gruppo Paleontologico "C. De Giuli" (GPDG)

Primary reference: A. De Angeli, A. Garassino, and G. Pasini. 2009. New reports of anomurans and brachyurans from the Cenozoic of Tuscany (Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 150(2):163-196 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221598: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa chalmasii
Callianassa chalmasii Brocchi 1883 decapod
 Decapoda - Calcinidae
Dardanus substriatus
Dardanus substriatus Milne-Edwards 1861 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappa granulata
Calappa granulata Linnaeus 1758 box crab
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Pilumnus ristorii
Pilumnus ristorii De Angeli et al. 2009 crab
 Decapoda - Eriphiidae
Eriphia cocchii
Eriphia cocchii Ristori 1886 crab