Where: Parma, Italy (44.3° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 8.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• No formation name is reported. Said to be from the "calanchi" formation.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: G. Pilleri and F. C. Fulgosi. 1989. First Archaeoceti record from the Eocene of Italy (Varano, Northern Appenines). Contributions to the Paleontology of som Tethyan Cetacea and Sirenia (Mammalia) 2:87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32992: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
? Dorudon sp. Gibbes 1845 whale |