“PSEUDO-SARMATIAN” MOLLUSC ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE EARLY MESSINIAN OOLITE SHOALS OF SICILY (ITALY)

“PSEUDO-SARMATIAN” MOLLUSC ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE EARLY MESSINIAN OOLITE SHOALS OF SICILY (ITALY)

We present a revision of the Late Miocene mollusc assemblages from Faro Santa Croce (FSC) in SE Sicily. The FSC-section exposes lower Messinian coastal marine limestones of the Monte Carrubba Formation. Whilst the lowermost part is characterised by in situ occurrences of pen shells ( Atrina fragilis...

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Main Authors: MATHIAS HARZHAUSER, MARKUS REUTER, OLEG MANDIC, SIMON SCHNEIDER, WERNER E. PILLER, MARCO BRANDANO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2013-11-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Messinian
mollusca
oolites
Sicily
Paratethys Sea
biogeography
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6044

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