Gargano Insular Carnivores (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (41.7° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 15.5° E)

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Lyras, A. A. E. van der Geer, and L. Rook. 2010. Body size of insular carnivores: evidence from the fossil record. Journal of Biogeography 37(6):1007-2021 [M. Uhen/A. Levy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215282: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Andrew Levy on 05.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Paralutra garganensis Willemsen 1983 otter