Where: Tuscany, Italy (44.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 10.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Pilleri and O. Pilleri. 1982. Catalogue of the fossil odontocetes (Cetaca) in the Bologna Giovanni Capellini Museum of Palaeontology with description of a new species of Hoplocetus (Physeteridae). Memorie di Scienceze Geologische, Memoire degli Istituti de Geologia e Minerologia dell'universita di Padova 35:293-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48645: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mesoplodon meneghinii Lawley 1876 beaked whale
Mesoplodon medilineatus Owen 1870 beaked whale | |
"Tursiops brocchii" = Tursiops brochii, "Tursiops cortesii" = Hemisyntrachelus cortesii
"Tursiops brocchii" = Tursiops brochii Balsamo Crivelli 1842 dolphin
"Tursiops cortesii" = Hemisyntrachelus cortesii Fischer 1829 dolphin |