Torricella Peligna (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (42.0° N, 14.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 13.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Carnevale. 2007. Fossil fishes from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Torricella Peligna, Italy. Palaeontographia Italica 91:1-67 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185486: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 24.04.2017, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias perlo Bonnaterre 1788 sevengill shark
Actinopteri
 Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Argyropelecus logearti Arambourg 1929
 Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Sigmops sp. Gill 1883
 Stomiatiformes - Stomiidae
Borostomias sp. Regan 1908
Abruzzoichthys erminioi Carnevale 2002
Chauliodus sp. Schneider 1801
 Aulopiformes - Polymerichthyidae
Polymerichthys sp. Uyeno 1967
 Aulopiformes - Alepisauridae
Alepisaurus sp. lancetfish
 Aulopiformes - Paralepididae
Paralepis albyi Sauvage 1870
 Gadiformes - Moridae
 Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Acropoma sp. Owen 1854
 Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Ranzania zappai n. sp. Carnevale 2007
 Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Archaeotetraodon sp. Carnevale and Santini 2006
Archaeotetraodon dicarloi n. sp. Carnevale and Tyler 2010
 Scombriformes - Chiasmodontidae
Bannikovichthys paelignus n. gen. n. sp. Carnevale 2007
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Aphanopus sp. Lowe 1839
Lepidopus sp. Gouan 1770
Benthodesmus sp. Goode and Bean 1882
 Scombriformes - Centrolophidae
Centrolophus sp. Lacépède 1803
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus albyi Sauvage 1870 pipefish
 Myctophiformes - Bathysauropsidae
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
Diaphus vexillifer Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Lampanyctus cf. ecnomi Sauvage 1870 lanternfish
Hygophum sp. Bolin 1939 lanternfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alosa sp. Linck 1790 herring
Alosa cf. crassa Sauvage 1873 herring
 Anguilliformes - Serrivomeridae
Serrivomer sp. Gill and Ryder 1883 eel