Cava Serredi, Messinian (Miocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (43.4° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 10.3° E)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; blue marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Carnevale, F. Dela Pierre, M. Natalicchio and W. Landini. 2018. Fossil marine fishes and the ʻLago Mareʼ event: Has the Mediterranean ever transformed into a brackish lake?. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 51(1):57-72 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 220507: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.06.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Clupeonella sp. Kessler 1877 sprat
Sprattus sp. Girgensohn 1846 herring
Spratelloides gracilis Temminck and Schlegel 1846 herring | |
Gobiidae indet., Gobius aff. multipinnatus, Gobius aff. paganellus, Gobius sp., Gobius aff. niger, "Gobiidarum" aff. weileri
Gobiidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 goby
Gobius sp. Linnaeus 1758 goby
Gobius aff. niger Linnaeus 1758 goby | |
Lophiiformes indet. anglerfish | |
Umbrina sp. Cuvier 1817
Atractoscion sp. Gill 1862 | |
Pagellus sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830 perch-like fish | |
Grammonus sp. Gill 1896 | |
Aphanius crassicaudus Agassiz 1839 nono | |
Atherina sp. Linnaeus 1758 silverside | |
Blennius sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Batrachoididae indet. toadfish | |
Diaphus befralai lanternfish |