Also known as MCC
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: M. Harzhauser, T. A. Neubauer, E. Georgopoulou, D. Esu, C. D’Amico, G. Pavia, P. Giuntelli, G. Carnevale, and H. Nordsieck. 2015. Late Messinian continental and Lago-Mare gastropods from the Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 54(1):1-53 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 172910: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 31.08.2015, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Prosodacnomya sabbae clam | |
Pseudocatillus nevesskayae, Pseudocatillus sp., Pontalmyra bollenensis, Pontalmyra cf. bollenensis, Pontalmyra cf. incerta, Pontalmyra partschi, Pontalmyra cf. partschi, Pontalmyra sp., Pachydacna sp.
Pseudocatillus nevesskayae cockle
Pseudocatillus sp. cockle
Pontalmyra bollenensis cockle
Pontalmyra cf. bollenensis cockle
Pontalmyra partschi cockle
Pontalmyra cf. partschi cockle
Pontalmyra sp. cockle
Pachydacna sp. Eberzin 1955 cockle | |
Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer 1821 pea clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Ferussaciidae indet. Bourguignat 1883 slug
Cecilioides acicula Müller 1774 slug | |
Succineidae indet. Beck 1837 amber snail | |
Milacidae indet. Ellis 1926 slug | |
Parmacella sp. Cuvier 1804 slug
Parmacella "n. sp." Cuvier 1804 slug | |
Janulus cf. spadinii Manganelli et al. 2011 slug | |
? Limax fossilis Sacco 1896 slug | |
Agriolimacidae indet. Wagner 1935 slug | |
Negulopsis suturalis slug | |
Argna proexcessiva Sacco 1889 slug | |
Strobilops romani Wenz 1915 slug | |
Pagodulina "n. sp." Clessin 1876 slug | |
Vallonia subcyclophorella Gottschick 1911 slug | |
Acanthinula "n. sp." Beck 1847 slug | |
Helicodiscus roemeri Andreae 1902 slug
Lucilla miocaenica Harzhauser et al. 2015 slug | |
Cochlodina (Miophaedusa) sp., ? Clausiliinae sp., Clausilia (Clausilia) cf. baudoni, Truciella ballesioi, ? Serrulella sp., Nordsieckia pontica
Cochlodina (Miophaedusa) sp. Nordsieck 1972 slug
? Clausiliinae sp. Gray 1855 slug
Clausilia (Clausilia) cf. baudoni Michaud 1862 slug
Truciella ballesioi Truc 1972 slug
? Serrulella sp. Nordsieck 1978 slug
Nordsieckia pontica Lueger 1981 slug | |
Helicopsis piedmontanica n. sp.
Helicopsis piedmontanica n. sp. Harzhauser et al. 2015 slug Listed as "? Helicopsis n. sp. piedmontanica" in the text since the authors are not sure if it belongs to Helicopsis but standardised here to link to taxon record in database
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Carychium cf. rufolabiatum, "Carychiella puisseguri" = Carychium puisseguri
"Carychiella puisseguri" = Carychium puisseguri Truc 1972 snail | |
Bulinus meneghinii Sacco 1886 snail | |
Cochlostoma esuanum Manganelli and Giusti 1997 snail | |
Craspedopoma conoidale Michaud 1855 snail | |
Platyla manganellii Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail
Acicula "n. sp." Hartmann 1821 snail
Acicula giuntellii Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail
Acicula cf. lineata Draparnaud 1801 snail
Renea "n. sp." Neville 1880 snail | |
Hydrobiidae "n. sp.", ? Prososthenia "n. sp. A", ? Prososthenia "n. sp. B", Saccoia cf. congermana, Saccoia oryza, Saccoia globosa
Hydrobiidae "n. sp." Troschel 1857 snail
? Prososthenia "n. sp. A" Neumayr 1869 snail
? Prososthenia "n. sp. B" Neumayr 1869 snail
Saccoia cf. congermana snail
Saccoia oryza Brusina 1893 snail
Saccoia globosa Harzhauser et al. 2015 snail | |
Melanopsis narzolina Archiac 1846 snail | |
Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835 snail | |
Hydrocena moncuccoensis snail | |
Theodoxus mutinensis d'Ancona 1869 snail
Theodoxus doderleini d'Ancona 1869 snail | |
Aves | |
Strigidae indet. Vigors 1825 true owl | |
Passeriformes "indet. "large"" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
Passeriformes "indet. "medium"" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
Passeriformes "indet. "small"" Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Palaeortyx cf. gallica Milne-Edwards 1869 pheasant | |
Reptilia | |
Anguinae "non-Anguis indet" Gray 1825 squamates | |
cf. Euleptes sp. Fitzinger 1843 gecko | |
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Eryx sp. Daudin 1803 true sand boa | |
Vipera "Oriental group sp." Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
Agamidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates | |
cf. Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1" Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
Pantherinae indet. Pocock 1917 cat | |
"Euarctos pyrenaicus" = Ursus
"Euarctos pyrenaicus" = Ursus bear | |
Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928 deer
Pliocervus sp. Hilzheimer 1922 deer | |
aff. Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole | |
Parasorex aff. ibericus Mein and Martín-Suárez 1993 hedgehog | |
Centralomys benericettii, Apodemus atavus, Apodemus gudrunae, Occitanomys brailloni, Micromys bendai, Paraethomys meini
Centralomys benericettii de Guili 1989 mouse
Apodemus atavus Eurasian field mouse
Apodemus gudrunae van de Weerd 1976 Eurasian field mouse
Occitanomys brailloni Michaux 1969 mouse
Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979 harvest mouse
Paraethomys meini mouse | |
Neocricetodon magnus mouse | |
Eliomys yevesi dormouse
Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965 dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
Glirulus lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse | |
Prolagus sorbinii pika | |
Amphibia | |
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad | |
Bufo ex gr. viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad | |
Hyla ex gr. arborea Linnaeus 1758 tree frog | |
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 frog |