Cava di San Cesario (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (40.3° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pietra Leccese Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Lanzetti. 2014. I cetacei fossili del Museo Paleontologico dell’Università di Napoli. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 13:111-113 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 191278: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.01.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Hesperoinia dalpiazi n. gen. n. sp.
Hesperoinia dalpiazi n. gen. n. sp. Monchamart Zei 1956 toothed whale