Archi (Pleistocene to of Italy)

Where: Italy (38.0° N, 15.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene to Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early-Middle Pleistocene. See Ciaranfi et al. (2001) and Girone (2005) for more details. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: from twelve bulk samples (100 dm3).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Deep bathyal.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Review of previously published collections. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: A. Girone, D. Nolf, and H. Cappetta. 2006. Pleistocene fish otoliths from the Mediterranean Basin: a synthesis. Geobios 39:651-671 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 159455: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.08.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not a authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Aves
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Morus bassanus Linnaeus 1758 northern gannett
Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Polyipnus aff. polli Schultz 1961
Maurolicus muelleri Gmelin 1789 Mueller's pearlside
 Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Gonostoma sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Chauliodus sloani Bloch and Schneider 1901
 Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Nansenia groelandica Reinhardt 1840
 Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
Bathylagus euryops Goode and Bean 1896
 Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
Bathypterois sp. Günther 1868
 Gadiformes - Moridae
Laemonema sp. Guenther 1862
Lepidion lepidion Risso 1810
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Micromesistius poutassou Risso 1827 blue whiting
Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot 1850 silvery pout
 Gadiformes - Lotidae
 Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Coryphaenoides cf. guentheri Vaillant 1888 grenadiers
Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus 1765 grenadiers
Coelorinchus coelorhincus Risso 1810 grenadiers
Coelorinchus stellaris Nolf and Girone 2000 grenadiers
 Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Bellotia cf. apoda Giglioli 1883
 Perciformes - Zoarcidae
Zoarcidae indet. perch-like fish
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish
Diaphus rafinesqui Cocco 1838 lanternfish
Diaphus holti Taaning 1918 small lantern fish
Lampanyctus crocodilus Risso 1810 lanternfish
Lobianchia dofleini Zugmayer 1911 Dofleini's lanternfish
Notoscopelus elongatus Costa 1844 lanternfish
Scopelopsis pliocenicus Anfossi and Mosna 1976 lanternfish
Hygophum benoiti Cocco 1838 Benoit's lanternfish
Hygophum hygomi Lütken 1892 Bermuda lantern fish
Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 spotted lanternfish
Lampadena ionica Girone and Nolf 2002 lanternfish
Ceratoscopelus maderensis Lowe 1839 Madeira lantern fish
Electrona rissoi Cocco 1829 lanternfish
Symbolophorus veranyi Moreau 1888 lanternfish
Benthosema glaciale Reinhardt 1837 glacier lantern fish
 Alepocephaliformes - Alepocephalidae
Alepocephalus sp. Goode and Bean 1879