Bargiano, Calabrian (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Allerona

Where: Umbria, Italy (42.8° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 11.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, coprolite

Primary reference: P. Monaco, A. Baldanza, R. Bizzarri, F. Famiani, M. Lezzerini and F. Sciuto. 2014. Ambergris cololites of Pleistocene sperm whales from central Italy and description of the new ichnogenus and ichnospecies Ambergrisichnus alleronae. Palaeontologia Electronica 17(2.29A):1-20 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200420: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.04.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Asterigerinatidae
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
  -
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina costata" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Chilostomellacea - Heterolepidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Cancris auriculus Fichtel and Moll 1798
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitomium sp. wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella spirata turret shell
Haustator vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Ringicula auriculata" = Ringicula minor
"Ringicula auriculata" = Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amusium cristatum" = Cristatopecten cristatum Bronn 1827 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Neopycnodonte cochlear Poli 1795 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Glans intermedia Brocchi 1814 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula fragilis" = Nucula (Nucula) fragilis Deshayes 1829 nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Acanthocythereis hystrix Reuss 1850 ostracod
Costa edwardsii ostracod
 Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
 Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
 Ichnofossils -
Ambergrisichnus alleronae n. gen. n. sp. Monaco et al. 2014