Miano (Parma) (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Emilia-Romagna, Italy (44.5° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Age after Boessenecker et al., 2019.

•Age based on Marsili 2006, page 285.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. De Stefano. 1912. Appunti sulla Ittiofauna fossile dell’Emilia conservata nel Museo Geologico dell’Università di Parma. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 31:35-78 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152241: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 12.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon