Ponsano (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Pisa, Italy (43.4° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 12-9 mammal zone, Arenaria di Ponsano Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• lower Tortonian according to Bianucci et al 2008

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; sandstone

• shelf, low sea bottom partially covered with seagrass meadows

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2005. I paleositi a vertebrati fossili della Provinia di Pisa. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali - Memorie serie A 110:1-21 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96780: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium medium
Metaxytherium medium Desmarest 1822 dugong
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet., Odontoceti indet.
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet.
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936 toothed whale
two genera