Monte Falcone Castell'Arquato (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.9° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

• whale fall

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Danise and S. Dominici. 2014. A record of fossil shallow-water whale falls from Italy. Lethaia [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 153708: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.01.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon sp.2 Smith 1838 white shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotherium capellinii Brandt 1873 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenidae indet.1 Gray 1821 right whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 minke whale