Also known as MCC3
Where: Piedmont, Italy (45.1° N, 7.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 7.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: facies à Congeria Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Late Messinian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. Colombero, D. M. Alba, C. D'Amico, M. Delfino, D. Esu, P. Giuntelli, M. Harzhauser, P. P. A. Masser, M. Mosca, T. A. Neubauer, G. Pavia, M. Pavia, A. Villa and G. Carnevale. 2017. Late Messinian mollusks and vertebrates from Moncucco Torinese, north-western Italy. Paleoecological and paleoclimatological implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.1.10A:1-66 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199860: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 18.02.2019, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Hyla ex gr. arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog | |
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 frog | |
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Aves | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl | |
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove | |
Reptilia | |
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844 snake | |
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cf. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Anguinae "non-Anguis indet" Gray 1825 squamates | |
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1" Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
Pantherinae indet. Pocock 1917 cat | |
Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828 tapir | |
Pliocervus sp. Hilzheimer 1922 deer
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Parasorex aff. ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993 hedgehog | |
Prolagus sorbinii pika | |
Neocricetodon magnus mouse | |
Stephanomys sp., Centralomys benericettii, Occitanomys brailloni, Paraethomys meini, Micromys bendai, Apodemus atavus, Apodemus gudrunae
Stephanomys sp. Schaub 1938 mouse
Centralomys benericettii de Guili 1989 mouse
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969 mouse
Paraethomys meini mouse
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse | |
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965 dormouse | |
Hylopetes hungaricus squirrel | |
Castorinae indet. beaver | |
cf. Macaca indet. Lacépède 1799 macaque
Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner 1839 monkey | |
Actinopteri | |
Bolinichthys italicus, Benthosema aff. suborbitale, Myctophum coppa, Diaphus befralai, Diaphus splendidus, Diaphus taaningi
Bolinichthys italicus lanternfish
Benthosema aff. suborbitale Gilbert 1913 lanternfish
Myctophum coppa lanternfish
Diaphus befralai lanternfish
Diaphus splendidus Prochazka 1893 horned lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish | |
Sciaenidarum "sp. nov." Koken 1884
"Trewasciaena" sp. Schwarzhans 1993 | |
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus
"Diaphus aff. pedemontanus" = Porichthys pedemontanus Robba 1970 toadfish | |
Lesueurigobius sp. Whitley 1950 goby | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Milacidae indet. Ellis 1926 slug | |
Parmacella "n. sp." Cuvier 1804 slug | |
? Limax fossilis Sacco 1896 slug | |
Agriolimacidae indet. Wagner 1935 slug | |
Lucilla miocaenica Harzhauser et al. 2015 slug | |
Truciella ballesioi Truc 1972 slug
Clausilia cf. baudoni Michaud 1862 slug
Nordsieckia pontica Lueger 1981 slug | |
Theodoxus mutinensis d'Ancona 1869 snail | |
Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835 snail | |
Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846 snail | |
Craspedopoma conoidale Michaud 1855 snail | |
Cochlostoma esuanum Manganelli and Giusti 1997 snail | |
Saccoia oryza Brusina 1893 snail
Saccoia globosa Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pontalmyra cf. partschi cockle | |
Otolithes | |
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus
"Gadiculus labiatus" = Otolithus labiatus Schubert 1905 |