Where: Abruzzo, Italy (42.3° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 13.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• Not mentioned in the text. Probably Miocene.

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•The exact age of the holotype specimen of M. gaudini is still unknown; but nevertheless, this holotype is most likely as old as, or even older than the Aquitanian. Hence, N. gaudini is most likely older than Afrophoca libyca, known from the Burdigalian of Libya [36]. (Dewaele et al 2018).

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Guiscardi. 1870. Sopra una Foca fossile. Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli 5(6):207 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 153678: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.01.2014

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