PBDB Collection

Bolzano (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.5° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Molasses de Bologne

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• Molasses

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1916. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene Bellunese: Scaldicetus bolzanensis. Memoirie dell'Instituto geologico della R. Università di Padova 5(9):86-92 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47187: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.02.2005, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Cetacea - Squalodontidae	Squalodon bariensis⁴, "Squalodon bellunense" = Squalodon bellunensis³ Squalodon bariensis⁴ Jourdan 1861 toothed whale "Squalodon bellunense" = Squalodon bellunensis³ Dal Piaz 1901 toothed whale
Cetacea - Dalpiazinidae	"Champsodelphis ombonii n. sp." = Dalpiazina ombonii⁶ "Champsodelphis ombonii n. sp." = Dalpiazina ombonii⁶ Longhi 1898 toothed whale
Cetacea - Physeteridae	"Scaldicetus bolzanensis n. sp." = Idiorophus bolzanensis "Scaldicetus bolzanensis n. sp." = Idiorophus bolzanensis Dal Piaz 1916 sperm whale
Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae	Schizodelphis squalodontoides n. sp.⁵, Ziphiodelphis abeli⁴ Schizodelphis squalodontoides n. sp.⁵ Longhi 1897 toothed whale Ziphiodelphis abeli⁴ Bassani and Misuri 1913 toothed whale
Reptilia
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionyx subangularis n. sp.¹ Trionyx subangularis n. sp.¹ Bergounioux 1954 softshell turtle MGP-PD 26565 (holotype), a partial carapace and its imprint
Testudines - Cheloniidae	Cheloniidae indet.², Trachyaspis lardyi², Chelone bellunensis² Cheloniidae indet.² Bonaparte 1832 sea turtle Trachyaspis lardyi² Meyer 1873 sea turtle Chelone bellunensis² Bergounioux 1954 sea turtle

¹Bergounioux 1954; ²Chesi and Delfino 2006; ³Dal Piaz 1916; ⁴Fornasiero and Del Vavero 2014; ⁵Longhi 1897; ⁶Longhi 1898