Oreochromis lorenzoi: Miocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Oreochromis lorenzoi n. sp.
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Acharax subquadrata
Taviani et al. 2011
Acharax sp. Dall 1908
Taviani et al. 2011
Acharax doderleini (Mayer 1861)
Taviani et al. 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Emilia-Romagna County:Borgo Tossignano
Coordinates: 44.5° North, 11.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.0° North, 11.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Member:Gessoso-Solfifera
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: muddy marl
Secondary lithology: evaporite
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils,all microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Collection size:5 individuals
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collection in the Museu Civico di Scienze Naturali, Faenza (MSF)
Metadata
Database number:134071
Authorizer:S. Peters, W. Kiessling Enterer:S. McMullen, M. Krause
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-10-02 03:01:38 Last modified:2012-10-01 12:01:38
Access level:the public Released:2012-10-02 03:01:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43169. G. Carnevale, C. Sorbini, and W. Landini. 2003. †Oreochromis lorenzoi, a New Species of Tilapiine Cichlid from the Late Miocene of Central Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):508-516 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

60329 M. Taviani, L. Angeletti, and A. Ceregato. 2011. Chemosynthetic bivalves of the family Solemyidae (bivalvia, protobranchia) in the Neogene of the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Paleontology 85(6):1067-1076 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]