PBDB Collection

Pietra Leccese (Miocene to of Italy)

Where: Apulia, Italy (40.4° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pietra Leccese Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; limestone

• tropical/subtropical, depth likely changed over time

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The Miocene Cetacea of the Pietra leccese with special reference to the Cosimo de Giorgi Collection, Lecce. 1-27 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47125: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.02.2005, edited by Nick Pyenson and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• This collection is for fossils from the "Pietra Leccese" not assigned to a particular quarry or specific other collection.

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unclassified
-	Brachyrhyncus teretirostris³ Brachyrhyncus teretirostris³
Actinopteri
Scombriformes -	Sphyraenodus bottii³ Sphyraenodus bottii³
Reptilia
Testudines - Cheloniidae	Cheloniidae indet.⁴, "Testudo varicosa n. sp." = Trachyaspis lardyi⁴ Cheloniidae indet.⁴ Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle "Testudo varicosa n. sp." = Trachyaspis lardyi⁴ Meyer 1873 sea turtle
Testudines - Dermochelyidae	Psephophorus polygonus⁴ Psephophorus polygonus⁴ von Meyer 1847 leatherback MAUL 990/1a-l, partial carapace
Testudines - Pancheloniidae	Euclastes melii n. sp.⁴ Euclastes melii n. sp.⁴ Misuri 1910 turtle
Mammalia
Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae	Notocetus sp.² Notocetus sp.² Moreno 1892 toothed whale
Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae	"Argyrocetus salentinus" = Eurhinodelphis salentinus², Schizodelphis sp.², "Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus², Eurhinodelphis sp.², "Schizodelphis longirostris" = Eurhinodelphis longirostris², Ziphiodelphis abeli n. sp. "Argyrocetus salentinus" = Eurhinodelphis salentinus² Moncharmont Zei 1950 toothed whale Schizodelphis sp.² Gervais 1861 toothed whale "Eurhinodelphis cristatus" = Xiphiacetus cristatus² Du Bus 1872 toothed whale Eurhinodelphis sp.² Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale [entered as Eurinodelphis sp.] "Schizodelphis longirostris" = Eurhinodelphis longirostris² Du Bus 1867 toothed whale Ziphiodelphis abeli n. sp. Bassani and Misuri 1913 toothed whale
Cetacea -	"Scaldicetus mortezelensis" = Eudelphis mortezelensis² "Scaldicetus mortezelensis" = Eudelphis mortezelensis² Du Bus 1872 toothed whale [entered as Scaldicetus mortselensis]
Cetacea - Physeteridae	Hoplocetinae indet.², Physodon leccense n. gen. n. sp.¹, Orcopsis sp.³, Orycterocetus sp.² Hoplocetinae indet.² Cabrera 1926 sperm whale Physodon leccense n. gen. n. sp.¹ Gervais 1872 sperm whale Orcopsis sp.³ Van Beneden 1876 sperm whale Orycterocetus sp.² Leidy 1853 sperm whale
Cetacea -	Scaldicetus grandis, Scaldicetus degiorgii n. sp.⁵, Champsodelphis sp.³ Scaldicetus grandis Du Bus 1872 toothed whale Scaldicetus degiorgii n. sp.⁵ Varola et al. 1988 toothed whale Champsodelphis sp.³ Gervais 1852 toothed whale [entered as Campsodelphis sp.]
Cetacea - Ziphiidae	Messapicetus longirostris² Messapicetus longirostris² Bianucci et al. 1992 beaked whale
Cetacea - Squalodontidae	Squalodon sp.³, Squalodon antverpiensis³, "Squalodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis¹, "Phocodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis³ Squalodon sp.³ Grateloup 1840 toothed whale Squalodon antverpiensis³ Van Beneden 1861 toothed whale "Squalodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis¹ Blainville 1840 toothed whale [entered as Squalodon scillai] "Phocodon scillae" = Squalodon melitensis³ Blainville 1840 toothed whale
Cetacea -	Argyrocetus sp.² Argyrocetus sp.² Lydekker 1894 toothed whale
Cetacea - Kentriodontidae	Kentriodontidae indet.², Lamprolithax sp.² Kentriodontidae indet.² Slijper 1936 toothed whale Lamprolithax sp.² Kellogg 1931 toothed whale
Cetacea -	Mysticeti indet. Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
Sirenia - Dugongidae	Dugongidae indet. Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821 dugong

¹Bassani and Misuri 1913; ²Bianucci et al. 2001; ³Capellini 1878; ⁴Chesi et al. 2007; ⁵Varola et al. 1988