Cava Franzè (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (38.7° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• The chronological attribution of the described turtles can be dated to around 8.0 Ma, being the provenance layer from the base of the sedimentary succession magnetostratigraphically correlated with normal Chron C4n (Marra et al. 2017).

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• dark argillaceous lagoonal sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. L. Georgalis, G. Insacco, L. Rook, F. Spadola, and M. Delfino. 2020. Turtle remains from the late Miocene of the Cessaniti area, southern Italy—insights for a probable Tortonian chelonian dispersal from Europe to Africa. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 139(1):1-13 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207797: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.02.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx pliocenicus
Trionyx pliocenicus Fucini 1912 softshell turtle
costal fragment (MSNC 4591)
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys sp.
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle
left hyoplastron (MSNC 4380)