Case il Poggio (Pliocene of Italy)

Also known as Fangonero, Pozzaia, Val di Pugna

Where: Siena, Italy (43.3° N, 11.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.4° N, 12.0° E (Wright 2013)

• 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

• massive bioturbated fine-grained yellow sands

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

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum2
"Metaxytherium gervaisi" = Metaxytherium subapenninum2 Bruno 1839 dugong
4 specimens according to Dominici et al 2018
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus jeanvireti2 Guérin 1972 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alephis lyrix2 Gromolard 1980 antelope
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon sp.4 Gervais 1850 beaked whale
Tusciziphius crispus n. gen. n. sp. Bianucci 1997 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaenotus lawleyi3 Capellini 1876 right whale
Balaena etrusca3 Capellini 1872 right whale
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinitidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina bulloides2 d'Orbigny 1826
"Zeaglobigerina apertura" = Globoturborotalita apertura2 Cushman 1918
"Zeaglobigerina decoraperta" = Globoturborotalita decoraperta2 Takayanagi and Saito 1962
"Zeaglobigerina woodi" = Globoturborotalita woodi2 Jenkins 1960
Globigerinella obesa2 Bolli 1957
Globigerinella siphonifera2 d'Orbigny 1839
Orbulina universa2 d'Orbigny 1839
Orbulina suturalis2 Broennimann 1951
Globigerinoides ruber2 d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerinoides elongatus2 d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerinoides extremus2 Bolli and Bermudez 1965
Sphaeroidinellopsis sp.2 Banner and Blow 1959
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer2 Brady 1877
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Globorotalia margaritae" = Globorotalia (Hirsutella) margaritae2 Bolli and Bermudez 1965
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Reticulofenestra
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Helicosphaera
  -
Helicosphaera carteri
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Helicosphaera carteri2 Wallich 1877
Coccolithophyceae
 Zygodiscales - Pontosphaeraceae
Scyphosphaera sp.2 Lohmann 1902
 Isochrysidales - Noelaerhabdaceae
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Sphenolithus sp.2 Deflandre 1952
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Coccolithus pelagicus2 Wallich 1877
Discoaster sp.2 Tan 1902
Discoaster surculus2 Martini and Bramlette 1963
Discoaster brouweri2 Tan Sin Hok 1927
 Syracosphaerales - Rhabdosphaeraceae
Rhabdosphaera sp.2 Haeckel 1894
 Syracosphaerales - Calciosoleniaceae
"Scapholithus fossilus" = Calciosolenia2
"Scapholithus fossilus" = Calciosolenia2
Syracosphaera
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Syracosphaera sp.2 Lohmann 1902
 Ichnofossils -
Teredolites sp.2 Leymerie 1842
 Coccosphaerales - Calcidiscaceae
Calcidiscus leptoporus2 Murray and Blackman 1898
Calcidiscus macintyrei2 Bukry and Bramlette 1969