Ricavo, near (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Florence, Italy (43.6° N, 10.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Villamagna Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Early Late Pliocene marine member of the San Miniato Basin.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous, silty sandstone

• This member was described by Dominici et al. (1995) as an alternata between "Argille sabbiose, sabbie argillose, limi talora con livelli torbosi" (sandy clays, clayeys sands, silts, sometimes with turfaceous levels) and "sabbie a Flabellipecten di facies marina, tolara con livelli a Cerastoderma di facies salmastra; calcari dentrititici di facies marina" (sands with Flabellipecten, marine facies, sometimes with levels with Cerastoderma, brackish facies; debris limestone; marine facies).

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Museo Archeologico di Santa Chiara in Castelfranco(Florence) and lacks an inventory number

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45480: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nick Pyenson on 25.10.2004, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias1
Carcharodon carcharias1 Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis2
Anancus arvernensis2 Croizet and Jobert 1828 gomphothere
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Eubalaena sp.3
Eubalaena sp.3 Gray 1864 right whale
1Belyaeva 1948; 2Bianucci and Landini 2005; 3Bisconti 2002