Possagno (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.9° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 9.9° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Possagno Marl Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Bizzarini, B. Bizzotto, and G. Braga. 1977. Resti di Sirenio (Prototherium) nella marna di Possagno (Eocene Superiore). Memoire degli Instituti de Geologia e Minerlogia dell'Università d Padova 30:1-14 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 13073: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.01.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Prototherium intermedium Bizzotto 1983 dugong