Capannoli (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.6° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 10.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Villamagna Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: R. Lawley. 1876. Nuovi studi sopra i pesci ed altri vertebrati fossili delle colline Toscane 1-122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96740: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Rhinoceros megarhinus" = Dihoplus megarhinus
"Rhinoceros megarhinus" = Dihoplus megarhinus de Christol 1835 rhinoceros
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena sp. Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale