Contrada Serrapero, Modica (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (36.9° N, 14.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irminio Member (Ragusa Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Insacco. 2014. I Cetacei fossili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Comiso (Ragusa). Museologia Scientifica Memoire 13:130-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 128413: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 08.06.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
cf. Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale