Ceva (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Piemonte, Italy (44.4° N, 8.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN1-MN2 mammal zone, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Mayr and M. Pavia. 2014. On the true affinities of Chenornis graculoides Portis, 1884, and Anas lignitifila Portis, 1884—an albatross and an unusual duck from the Miocene of Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(4):914-923 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 155755: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2014, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx pedemontana n. sp. Portis 1879 softshell turtle
An almost complete carapace, with remains of the left hyo-hypoplastron (holotype) (Portis 1879, pl. 4), unknown whereabouts
Aves
 Procellariiformes - Pandiomedeidae
"Chenornis graculoides" = Plotornis graculoides
"Chenornis graculoides" = Plotornis graculoides Portis 1884 bird