Rosignano (Miocene of Italy)

Also known as Le Saline

Where: Italy (45.1° N, 8.4° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 7.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• age after Bianucci and Landini 2002

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The Oligo-Miocene Cetacea of the Italian waters with a bibliography of the fossil Cetacea of Italy (1670-1986) 1-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47427: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.3
Cetacea indet.3 Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphiidae indet.1
Ziphiidae indet.1 Gray 1850 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodontidae indet.3
Squalodontidae indet.3 Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet.1
Kentriodontidae indet.1 Slijper 1936 toothed whale
two genera
 Cetacea - Iniidae
Iniidae indet.3
Iniidae indet.3 Gray 1846 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Delphinoidea indet.3
Delphinoidea indet.3 Flower 1865 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Tursiops miocaenus n. sp.4
Tursiops miocaenus n. sp.4 Portis 1886 dolphin
 Cetacea -
Physeteroidea indet.3
Physeteroidea indet.3 Gray 1868 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet.1
Physeteridae indet.1 Gray 1821 sperm whale
four genera
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphis sp.1, Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus5
Eurhinodelphis sp.1 Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 toothed whale
Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus5 Pilleri 1985 toothed whale
MGPT-PU 13881/1&2
 Cetacea -
Champsodelphis sp.3, Miokogia sp.2, Miokogia cf. elongatus3
Champsodelphis sp.3 Gervais 1852 toothed whale
Miokogia sp.2 Pilleri 1986 toothed whale
Miokogia cf. elongatus3 Pilleri 1986 toothed whale
1Bianucci and Varola 1994; 2Pilleri 1988; 3Pilleri et al. 1989; 4Portis 1886; 5Tosetto et al. 2023