Where: Italy (40.8° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 16.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gephyrocapsa other zone, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Emilian (early Pleistocene) = Calabrian. See Caldara et al. (1989) for more details; from large Gephyrocapsa cocolith zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: from four bulk samples (40 dm3) indicated
•2a–2d in Caldara et al. (1989).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported
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 159288: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Aphia minuta perch-like fish | |
Dentex maroccanus perch-like fish | |
Cepola rubescens Linnaeus 1764 perch-like fish | |
Spicara smaris Linnaeus 1758 | |
Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus 1758 | |
Microchirus cf. variegatus Donovan 1808 flatfish
Buglossidium luetum flatfish | |
Arnoglossus kikeni flatfish | |
Trachurus mediterraneus Steindachner 1868
Trachurus trachurus Linnaeus 1758 | |
Carapus acus Brünnich 1768 | |
Gobius sp., Gobius niger, Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus, Lesueurigobius sueri, Lesueurigobius friesii
| |
Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot 1850 silvery pout
Micromesistius poutassou Risso 1827 blue whiting | |
Myctophum punctatum Rafinesque 1810 spotted lanternfish
Benthosema suborbitale Gilbert 1913 lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish
Lobianchia dofleini Zugmayer 1911 Dofleini's lanternfish | |
Sardina pilchardus Walbaum 1792 herring | |
"Conger conger" = Muraena conger
"Conger conger" = Muraena conger Linnaeus 1758 European conger | |
Chelidonichthys lucerna Linnaeus 1758 sea robin |