Also known as Fangonero, Pozzaia, Val di Pugna
Where: Siena, Italy (43.3° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 11.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: MN 14 zone, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• 4.12–3.84; age after Sorbi et al. 2012
Environment/lithology: coastal; bioturbated, fine-grained, yellow sandstone and blue claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: G. Bianucci. 1997. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. The Ziphiidae. Palaeontographica Italica 84:163-192 [M. Uhen/N. Pyenson/N. Pyenson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45497: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nick Pyenson on 26.10.2004, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Discoaster asymmetricus2, Discoaster tamalis2, Discoaster sp.2, Discoaster surculus2, Discoaster brouweri2, Pontosphaera multipora2, Coccolithus pelagicus2
Discoaster sp.2 Tan 1902
Discoaster surculus2 Martini and Bramlette 1963
Discoaster brouweri2 Tan Sin Hok 1927
Pontosphaera multipora2 Roth 1970
Coccolithus pelagicus2 Wallich 1877 | |
Sphenolithus sp.2 Deflandre 1952 | |
Rhabdosphaera sp.2 Haeckel 1894 | |
"Scapholithus fossilus" = Calciosolenia2
"Scapholithus fossilus" = Calciosolenia2 | |
Scyphosphaera sp.2 Lohmann 1902 | |
Syracosphaera | |
Syracosphaera sp.2 Lohmann 1902 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Reticulofenestra sp.2 Hay et al. 1966 | |
Helicosphaera | |
Helicosphaera carteri | |
Helicosphaera carteri2 Wallich 1877 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerinoides hellcinus2, Globigerinoides bolli2, Globigerinoides immaturus2, Globigerinoides quadrilobatus2, Globigerinoides obliquus2, Globigerinoides ruber2, Globigerinoides elongatus2, Globigerinoides trilobus2, Globigerinoides extremus2, Sphaeroidinellopsis sp.2, Orbulina universa2, Orbulina suturalis2, "Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer2, Globigerinella siphonifera2, Globigerinella obesa2, Zeaglobigerina apertura2, Zeaglobigerina decoraperta2, Zeaglobigerina woodi2, Globigerina bulloides2, Globigerina falconensis2
Globigerinoides obliquus2 Bolli 1957
Globigerinoides ruber2 d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides elongatus2 d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinoides trilobus2 Reuss 1850
Globigerinoides extremus2 Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Sphaeroidinellopsis sp.2 Banner and Blow 1959
Orbulina universa2 d'Orbigny 1839
Orbulina suturalis2 Bronnimann 1951
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer2 Brady 1877
Globigerinella siphonifera2 d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinella obesa2 Bolli 1957
Globigerina bulloides2 d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina falconensis2 Blow 1959 | |
Globigerinita glutinata2 Egger 1893 | |
Globorotalia puncticulata2, "Globorotalia margaritae" = Globorotalia (Hirsutella) margaritae2, Neogloboquadrina acostaensis2
"Globorotalia margaritae" = Globorotalia (Hirsutella) margaritae2 Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Neogloboquadrina acostaensis2 Blow 1959 | |
Bivalvia | |
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Mammalia | |
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum2
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum2 Bruno 1839 dugong 4 specimens according to Dominici et al 2018
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Tusciziphius crispus n. gen. n. sp. Bianucci 1997 beaked whale | |
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Calcidiscus leptoporus2 Murray and Blackman 1898
Calcidiscus macintyrei2 Bukry and Bramlette 1969 | |
Teredolites sp.2 Leymerie 1842 |