Valleandona: Zanclean, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Emys portisi n. sp.
Sacco 1889
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mauremys portisi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Tursiops cortesii
(Fischer 1829)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Hemisyntrachelus cortesii | ||||||||||
| n. subspecies astensis | ||||||||||
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Steno bellardii
Portis 1886
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Pilleri and Pilleri 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Astadelphis gastaldii
Brandt 1874
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Bianucci 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Hoplocetus minor
Portis 1886
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Ormezzano and Lanzetti 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Scaldicetus minor | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physotherium sotterii
Portis 1886
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Ormezzano and Lanzetti 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Physeteridae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) simplex
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) obtusa
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Pseudotorinia | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium (Bittium) spina
(Partsch 1856)
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
| recombined as Bittium spina | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella vermicularis
(Brocchi 1814)
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
| recombined as Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis | ||||||||||
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Turritella subangulata
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
| Turritella subangulata subangulata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula (Janacus) crepidula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Amaea (Acrilloscala) geniculata
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Thericium varicosum
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Thericium vulgatum
(Bruguière 1789)
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Neverita (Neverita) josephinia
(Risso 1826)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| Neverita (Neverita) josephinia olla | ||||||||||
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Natica (Natica) millepunctata
Sacco 1890
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Folinia (Manzonia) costata
(Adams 1796)
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
| synonym of Manzonia crassa | ||||||||||
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Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus (Brocchia) sinuosus
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhais pespelecani
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ovulidae
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Simnia (Neosimnia) pliomajor
(Sacco 1894)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| recombined as Neosimnia pliomajor | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triviidae
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Trivia (Sulcotrivia) dorsolaevigata
(Cocconi 1873)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| recombined as Niveria dorsolaevigata | ||||||||||
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Erato (Erato) elongata
(Seguenza 1880)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Erato elongata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Schilderia longiscata
(Mayer 1875)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Schilderia utriculata
(Lamarck 1810)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| recombined as Schilderia utricolata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea orbiculata
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa (Bufonariella) nodosa
(Borson 1825)
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| synonym of Bursa scrobilator | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis (Semicassis) laevigata
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Cypraecassis pseudocrumena
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Monoplex) affine
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Monoplex | ||||||||||
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Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Monoplex | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus (Ficus) geometra
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora infundibulum
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis arenarius
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
| Serpulorbis arenarius perpustulatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Niso eburnea
Risso 1826
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Melanella (Baieis) alba
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Thyca (Cyclothyca) sulcosa
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Glibert 1963 | |||||||||
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Leiostraca glabra
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Glibert 1962 | |||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Concavus concavus n. sp.
(Bronn 1831)
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Zullo 1992 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Asti |
| Coordinates: | 44.9° North, 8.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° North, 8.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Valldunga | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Astian, late Pliocene (~3-3.5 mya). ? = Asti Yellow Sands? | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
| Lithology description: yellow sand of Valldunga | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Valdondona; Val d'Andona | ||
| Database number: | 86305 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, A. Hendy, P. Wagner, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | M. Uhen, D. Nicholson, P. Wagner, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-28 12:25:58 | Last modified: | 2024-03-19 11:50:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-28 12:25:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19618. | F. Sacco. 1891. Sopra un cranio di Tursiops cortesii (Desm.) var astensis Sacc. dell'Astigiana. R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino 26:703-712 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 87930 | K. Agiadi, N. Hohmann, E. Gliozzi, D. Thivaiou, F. R. Bosellini, M. Taviani, G. Bianucci, A. Collareta, L. Londeix, C. Faranda, F. Bulian, E. Koskeridou, F. Lozar, A. M. Mancini, S. Dominici, P. Moissette, I. B. Campos, E. Borghi, G. Iliopoulos, A. Antonarakou, and G. Kontakiotis. 2024. A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth System Science Data [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12590 | L. G. Barnes. 1990. The fossil record and evolutionary relationships of the genus Tursiops. The Bottlenose Dolphin 3-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12278 | G. Bianucci. 1996. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene systematics and phylogenesis of Delphinidae. Palaeontologrphia Italia 83:73-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 58437 | M. M. Glibert. 1962. Les Mesogastropoda Fossiles du Cenozoïque étranger des Collections de L'Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Cyclophoridae à Stilifetidae. Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoire, 10th sériés 69:1-304 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 58192 | M. M. Glibert. 1963. Les Mesogastropoda Fossiles du Cenozoïque étranger des Collections de L'Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoire, 10th sériés 69:1-305 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 64534 | D. Ormezzano and A. Lanzetti. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:18-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12981 | G. Pilleri and O. Pilleri. 1982. Catalogue of the fossil odontocetes (Cetaca) in the Bologna Giovanni Capellini Museum of Palaeontology with description of a new species of Hoplocetus (Physeteridae). Memorie di Scienceze Geologische, Memoire degli Istituti de Geologia e Minerologia dell'universita di Padova 35:293-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 52284 | V. A. Zullo. 1992. Revision of the balanid barnacle genus Concavus Newman, 1982, with the description of a new subfamily, two new genera, and eight new species. The Paleontological Society Memoir 27:1-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |