Where: Asti, Italy (45.0° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sabbie d'Asti Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• he molluscan assemblage occurring within the Sabbie d‟Asti Formation falls within Mediterranean Pliocene Molluscan Unit 1 (5.3–3.0 Ma) [61-64], whereas its foraminiferal assemblage correlates with biozone MPl4a (4.0–3.6 Ma) [65]. Taken together, these estimates indicate an age range of 4.0–3.0 Ma for the holotype. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Gastaldi. 1875. Uno scheletro di Balena a Montafia (Asti) 1-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56692: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2005

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