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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Trionyx pedemontana n. sp.
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
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Aves | |
"Chenornis graculoides" = Plotornis graculoides
"Chenornis graculoides" = Plotornis graculoides Portis 1884 bird |