Late Eocene brachiopods from the Euganean Hills (NE Italy)

Five species belonging to five genera and an unidentified rhynchonellid have been recognised in a Late Eocene (Priabonian) brachiopod assemblage from Castelnuovo in the Euganean Hills, north-eastern Italy. One genus and two species are new, i. e. Venetocrania euganea gen. et sp. nov. and “Terebratul...

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Published in:Swiss Journal of geosciences 2005-01, Vol.98 (1), p.103-111
Main Authors: Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, Dieni Iginio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Eocene
Hills
Invertebrates
Marine invertebrates
New records
New species
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Summary:Five species belonging to five genera and an unidentified rhynchonellid have been recognised in a Late Eocene (Priabonian) brachiopod assemblage from Castelnuovo in the Euganean Hills, north-eastern Italy. One genus and two species are new, i. e. Venetocrania euganea gen. et sp. nov. and “Terebratula” italica sp. nov. Orthothyris pectinoides (von Koenen 1894) is recorded for the first time from Italy. The other species are Terebratulina sp. cf. T. tenuistriata (Leymerie 1846) and Lacazella mediterranea (Risso 1826), both already known from the Italian Eocene.
ISSN:1661-8726
1661-8734
DOI:10.1007/s00015-005-1145-x