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(Lepidochitona) cinereus, Ischnochiton (Ischnochi- Climbed undularia?, and Omphaloptlcha turris sug-
ton) rissoi, Chiton (Chiton) olivaceus, Chiton (Chi- gest an age near to middle-upper Triassic with “sug-
ton) corallinus, Acanthochitona communis, Midden- gestione preponderante verso il Carnico-Retico. Nel-
dorffia caprearum are endemic Mediterranean spe- la faunula compaiono forme sia della facies germa-
cies widespread since the Mio-Pliocene; Lepidopleu- nica che di quella alpina” [preponderant suggestion
rus (Lepidopleurus) asellus, Lepidopleurus (Lepi- toward the Carnico - Retico. In the faunula appear
dopleurus) algerinensis, Callochiton (Callochiton) forms both of the German and of the Alpine facies.] .
achatinus, Acanthochitona (Acanthochitona) fascicu- The small sizes, according to the Author due to
laris immigrated from the Atlantic into the Mediterra- dwarfism as already pointed out in other Triassic
nean in the middle-early Pleistocene; for Callochiton faunas, are also underlined.
(Callochiton) achaticus a Mediterranean origin in ra-
ther recent times is very probable. 39. 1964 - MALATESTA A., “Uber einige pleistozane
Susswassermollusken aus Mittel-Italien”.
35. 1962 - MALATESTA A., “Il cane selvaggio del Pleisto- For the first time, the continental molluscan faunas
cene di Sardegna”. collected from the Pleistocene deposits of Tuscany
In this paper, the bone remains (skulls, jaws, verte- and Umbria are broadly described and discussed; in
brae, and limb bones) collected near Alghero within this occasion a new subspecies Viviparus bergeroni
an ossiferous breccias post-Tyrrhenian in age are etruscus is arised. The other examined forms are:
described. They have been referred to Cuon (Cyno- Unio pillae, Margaritifera (Pseudunio) auricularia,
therium) sardous (Studiati). This species is charac- and Corbicula fluminalis.
terised by a rather narrow and lengthened head and
short limbs, intermediary between the jackal and the 40. 1967 - DRAGONE F., MAINO A., MALATESTA A. & SE-
Lycaon. The morphology of the teeth revealed an GRE A.G., “F° 149 Cerveteri. Note Ill”.
exclusively carnivorous attitude, since they were not Within the geological survey for the Sheet “Cervete-
adapted to the bone trituration. Remains of deer ri” A. Malatesta worked in the northern part on the
bones connected to the recovery of Cuon suggested Quaternary stratigraphy (from q to F1 terrains), de-
that the deer was its usual prey. Since the preys scribing the marine clays/sands and the fluvial
were larger-sized than the predators, it is possible to lake/deltaic sequences, both from a sedimentologic
suppose that C. (C.) sardous probably chased in and paleontological point of view (from microfaunas
group. to vertebrates). Geological profiles and stratigraphic
36. 1963 - MALATESTA A., “Malacofauna pleistocenica di logs are also provided to better clarify some geome-
Grammichele (Sicilia). Parte II”. tric relations such as the escarp near the Torre in
The second part of the Grammichele monography Pietra castle or the regular slope of the Vallone of
was published with a remarkable delay in compari- Pratolungo between Pagliaccetto and Torre in Pietra
son with the first one, due to lack of funds. It con- localities.
tains the completion of the IV chapter on taxonomy,
dealing with Scaphopoda and Bivalvia classes, and 41. 1967 - JACOBACCI A., MALATESTA A., MARTELLI G. &
by a V chapter devoted to the geographic and strati- STAMPANONI G., “F°163 Lucera. Note Ill”.
graphic distribution of the mollusc species, with ana- Together with G. Stampanoni, A. Malatesta carried
lytical indexes and bibliography. out the stratigraphical study of the Pliocene-Calabrian
and Quaternary sediments of the Sheet “Lucera”. He
37. 1964 - MALATESTA A., “Fossili eocenici del territorio studied also the collected molluscan faunas.
di Briga e Tenda”.
“L’ing. FRANCHI S., cui si deve una parte del rile- 42. 1967 - MALATESTA A., PERNO U. & STAMPANONI G.,
vamento del foglio Boves (n.91 della Carta Geologi- “F.° 175 Cerignola. Note Ill”.
ca d’Italia), raccolse una serie di campioni fossiliferi In this note, A. Malatesta contributed to write several
in terreni eocenici dei Monti di Briga e Tenda nelle chapters (introduction, historical signs about geologi-
Alpi Marittime. Questo materiale, conservato nelle cal knowledge of the region, morphology, applied
Collezioni del Servizio Geologico d’Italia, era rimasto geology). Together with G. Stampanoni, he de-
sino ad oggi inedito. L’autore pubblica qui il risultato scribed the Plio-Pleistocene successions, and he put
dello studio dei resti dei molluschi ed echinidi. Si in evidence that the clayey-sandy complex, characte-
tratta di 17 bivalvi dei quali è stato possibile ricono- rized at the base and the top by conglomerated epi-
scere la specie e di uno indicato solo genericamen- sodes, represented a whole sedimentary cycle, al-
te, di 14 di gasteropodi e di un echinide. La distribu- though the upper terms may have included second-
zione stratigrafica delle forme segnalate indica ary episodes of sea oscillations and flooding.
un’ètà compresa tra l’Eocene medio e l’Eocene su-
periore (Luteziano-Priaboniano). Notevole è la pre- 43. 1967 - CONATO V., MALATESTA A. & VALLETTA M.,
senza di forme a carattere meridionale, africano.” “Calabriano ad Acrtica islandica sulla costa meridio-
nale d’Abruzzo”.
38. 1964 - MALATESTA A., “Trias fossilifero a Marettimo During the geological survey of the “Vasto” Sheet,
nelle isole Egadi”. some fossiliferous levels were found along a clayey
The fossiliferous levels bearing mollusc faunas in escarpment near km 520 of the “Adriatic” highway
the Marettimo Island are here reported. The recog- (locality Salce - Sheet 148 at 1:100.000 scale IGM
nized species Modiolus paronai, Modiolus gracilis, tab. II NE Casalbordino). They bore Arctica islandica
Pleuromya cf. musculoides, Lexonema obsoletum, and a characteristic Calabrian microfauna including