Erica Bicchi

• Biodiversity Journal, 4 (2): 365-378

  Giovanni Repetto & Erica Bicchi
  Fossil starfishes (Echinodermata Asteriidae) and paleontological analysis of the Pliocene of Cherasco, Piedmont region (NW Italy)

  ABSTRACT
  The remarkable discovery of two fossil starfishes in the Pliocene clay of Cherasco (NW Italy), allowed to analyze in detail the sediment and paleontological material associated (malacofauna and foraminifers assemblages), aiming at reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions in which these organisms lived. Furthermore biostratigraphic analysis based on planktonic foraminiferal assemblages, allowed the recognition of the MPl2 biozone of lower Pliocene.

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